Why do I upcycle vintage china and broken ceramics?

We’ve all seen them - forgotten plates, chipped teacups and cracked soup bowls lined up on the shelves of charity shops and thrift stores, collecting dust and waiting. 

Many are mismatched, and no longer part of a set and most are timeworn. They have beautiful and dreamy designs but are overlooked and will likely stay on the shelves or worse, discarded and end up in the landfill to free up the space.

For me those are treasures from the past , a window into other eras with different artistic styles and techniques and many forgotten stories. Stories of shared meals, family life and quiet moments over a cup of tea. 

So I take those preloved vintage ceramics and give them a second life through art and upcycled jewelry designs. 

Upcycling broken china and pieces of broken ceramics that I sometimes find by the beach, or buy second-hand from a charity shop or thrift store, is not just about creativity, it is also an act of sustainability and preserving the beauty of the past. 

Rather than adding to landfill waste, I repurpose those plates and cups into handmade jewelry and artwork. Each shard becomes a one-of-a-kind treasure full of history and a new purpose.

In a world that often values the new and the shiny, I believe in celebrating the beauty of the broken, the imperfect and the timeworn

Because broken and forgotten isn't the end - it is only the beginning of something new.