Eco-jew and Decorative Objects Jewelry

Press Kit

Unique Properties

Cardboard jewerly and decorative objects made in Brazil by Oficina de Papel, a social inclusion project that serves the population with mental disabilities and social vulnerability.
The pieces were developed by the designer and architect Roberta Sa Faustini with the idea of reusing the cardboard roll of toilet paper discarded daily.
They are also made by recycled paper produced by Oficina de Papel.

Dimensions & Packaging

There are small pieces as bracelets and necklaces, that measure:
Bracelets: 60mm x 10mm x 60mm or 20mm x 20mm x 60mm
Necklaces: 15mm x15mm x 400mm or 20mm x 20mm x 300mm
And big pieces as decorative objects that can mesure 40mm x 40mm x 4000mm.

Tags

Ecojew, Paper Jewelry, Jewelry, Cardboard Jewelry, Paper Decorative objects, table necklace, Paper Chain

Production Technology

They are all made manually with reuse of toilet paper roll and handmade recycled paper, with cutting technique.

Design Challenge

The great challenge was to give a new meaning to a material such as the toilet paper roll. How to make eco-jewelry and decorative objects that please the eyes and are beautiful pieces.

Project Duration

The project started in April 2013. The first bracelet was finished a few months after that. Since then, a lot of new pieces were developed, as new bracelets, necklaces and decorative objects as table and wall necklaces, paper chains.
This piece won an honorable mention in the Brazilian Object Award at the A Casa Museum.

Operation Flow

It was because of a nuisance - the garbage we make every day - that the first piece of what is now a line of Eco-jewelry and paper objects was born.
This first bracelet was made with the reuse of the toilet paper roll tube.
I wanted the whole cycle to be sustainable, from material to production, and I went after a social project.
The production is all make by Oficina de Papel, an institution that serves low-income people with mental illness and vulnerability. They also make colorful recycled craft papers.
Together we managed to do this work with purpose.

Research

It was thinking about how do reuse a material that is discarded every day in the whole world that the first piece of what is now a collection of paper jewelry and decorative objects was born.
This first bracelet was made with the reuse of the toilet paper roll tube.
I wanted the whole cycle to be sustainable, from material to production, and I research about social projects.
The production is all make by Oficina de Papel, an institution that serves low-income people with mental illness and vulnerability. They also make colorful recycled craft papers.

Inspiration

The pieces were developed with the idea of reusing the cardboard roll of toilet paper discarded daily.
The hole cycle is sustainable, from materials to production.

Image Credits

Image #1 Roberta Sa Faustini, Image #2 Roberta Sa Faustini, Image #3 Roberta Sa Faustini, Image #4 Roberta Sa Faustini, Image #5 Roberta Sa Faustini
Video Credits: Roberta Sa Faustini

Colors of Eco-jew and Decorative Objects Jewelry