Vurchoo Ethical Jewellery
Designs Drawn By Children, Made In Silver.
Alex Angel-Benscher started out as a graffiti artist in Essex, which is a rather unusual line on a jewellery designer's biography and, by his own account, one that could have gone quite differently. Then he spent six months travelling across the Far East and Africa, met a great many children living on very little, and came home with an idea: ask school children around the world to draw whatever mattered most to them, and turn those drawings into jewellery. He has been doing it since 2015.
The pieces are handmade from 100% recycled 925 silver, hypoallergenic, and posted plastic free. The Studs of Hope collection is the one that made the brand's name, with each design tied to a particular place: the Not So Evil Eye from Guatemala, Lapis Lazuli from Honduras, the Golden Clover from Uganda, and the Rice Grain charm inspired by the paddy fields of Cambodia. Every pair arrives mounted on a card naming the region it supports. Between 10 and 25 percent of profits from each design goes to charities there, through the UK registered charity Teach a Man to Fish, which works on education and life skills for children in disadvantaged areas.
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