océanos | oceans | recycled PET plastic bottles

The great amount of plastic thrown to the sea is endangering marine life.  Natural life will be a matter of past times, unless a careful administration of resources was implemented.

In the attempt of developing consciousness among people about the value of recycling non-degradable waste, this project seeks the reassignment of plastic waste as protagonist material in contemporary jewellery pieces.

The jewels are made of recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) mineral water bottles cut into varied shapes. Satin sanded finishing and a low temperature treatment turns these flat elements into volumetric sculptural shapes that are visually light and at the same time mysterious due to their translucency.

The morphological language that this media allows turns it into a suitable and coherent material to evoke the idea of Nature, to commemorate its magnificence and to alert on its destruction.

The structure of the jewels is made of oxidized copper. As PET plastic is a material that cannot withstand high-temperature processes, the assembly of the component parts is done with cold-type links, such as rivets.

My jewellery contemplates the fact of finitude of life as a general subject and at the same time, the concern about the health of the environment in a long-term project.