I was totally blown away when I got the email from Laura Bergman suggesting her Bottled Up Designs jewelry for a Holiday Gift Guide post. Laura’s recycled glass jewelry is handmade in Pennsylvania from antique glass and bottles reclaimed from natural wooded habitats and rural farmlands. She turns old Coke, whiskey, beer, wine, milk, Depression glass and more into the most unique jewelry I’ve ever seen. I’m having trouble wrapping my head around the idea that somehow, bottles from products made in the early 1900s are just being dumped in wooded areas. It’s almost like trash collectors were purposely sorting out the glass, before the days of recycling, and driving it to the woods to dump on purpose. It’s such a waste.
These Mason Jar rectangle earrings, for example, are made from reclaimed World War II era Mason Jars! Cut to 1/4″ in width x 1/4″ in length, wrapped in sterling and hangs from sterling ear wires. Includes “The Story of the Glass” and priced at $45.00. Laura creates a variety of shapes for her earrings and pendants, you are sure to find something that you or someone on your holiday gift list will love!
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They look very interesting, unusual and very endearing – what a great idea.
Regarding your comments about throwing old glass jars away, in the UK collectors investigate old rubbish sites and unearth loads of 19th and early 20th century glass bottles – some with the ‘marble’ stopper still in them.
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