The jewels of Ashley Pittman: natural materials, but also an interesting result ♦ ︎
Becoming a good designer is difficult. Making interesting jewelry is even more difficult. But even more complicated is designing nice jewels, well done and, moreover, eco-friendly, that is, friends of the environment. It is the business of Ashley Pittman, an American from Dallas, who uses materials with cow’s horn, bronze gems and fair trade products. To begin with, he manufactures his jewels in Kenya and 10% of the profits is donated to local schools. Moreover, in the African country it gives work to 75 artisans, to fair wages. That of Ashley Pittman is a vocation: in 2006 she volunteered for the Clinton Foundation to fight HIV-AIDS in Rwanda. He then decided to use the jurisprudence skills acquired at the university and in the financial sector to build his sustainable business.
But, alongside these positive intentions, there is his work as a designer. Each piece is entirely handmade using horn, semiprecious gems, bronze and indigenous materials from East Africa. The horn comes from Ankle’s Kenyan cows, a source of food for the local community and villages. With her jewels she has succeeded in convincing not only those who have their own ideal, but also large chains of distribution of jewelry, including those online. Giulia Netrese