Recycled Jewelry Made from E-Waste<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n“Every jewelry piece is constructed from UXO, bomb, bullet, and plane parts from remains of conflict in the countries of Cambodia and Laos,” Curran explains. “This is done through local associations that employ artisans through fair-wage. The local association also oversees training of a viable and transferable skill.”<\/p>\n
UXO stands for unexploded ordnance, which refers to any weapons that failed to detonate. The upcycled jewelry is made from the UXO along with meteorites, coins from the British East India Company, and pieces of the Berlin Wall. All of the components are both beautiful and symbolic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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