Susan Domelsmith, the jewelry designer, behind the Brooklyn-based Dirty Librarian Chains is focusing the spotlight this season on sustainable jewelry. The current collection of jewelry is made out of reworked vintage costume jewelry and pieces from old dead stock. Resurrected necklaces, bracelets and earrings incorporate pieces from numerous gold and silver-plated vintage chains and dead stock.
We love the chunky feel of the necklaces that have oblong pieces artfully placed. The process of finding enough dead-stock and vintage jewelry in secondhand stores was a careful one, according to the designer. One piece called the Quetzal necklace beautifully rich in copper, chains and smooth curvy pieces makes it a one-of-a-kind piece made from about 15 different old necklaces.
