Jewelry Inspired by Sustainable Vision
John Hardy jewelry has been on the cover of ‘Vogue’ magazine and on the fingers and necks of red carpet walkers of Hollywood. The jewelry isn’t just beautiful and unique, it’s also created by artisans for whom profit is secondary to creating a sustainable world, and letting jewelry help adorn our planet. John Hardy jewelry is created on the island of Bali, Indonesia, where designer John Hardy has resided since the mid-70s. The fashionable jewelry that can be found at affordable prices is largely based around silver, smithed in the traditional Bali method, which Hardy picked up when he moved to that beautiful spot of the world.
Silversmithing and Environmentalism
The John Hardy company is on a sustainable campus in Bali, employing about 700 artisans and workers. The entire campus is built from local materials, and instead of burying the island’s culture under Western influence, it has brought the island’s unique culture to the world. John Hardy jewelry is named with Indonesian words, such as the Naga Collection of 2009. Naga means snake or dragon in Sanskrit, and deals with nature themes. Earrings that look like shrimp. Leather bracelets with clasped with silver dragon’s heads. Men’s rings with traditional Bali themes, and women’s nose piercings that are unique and beautiful, all handmade, and all unique.
Hand Crafted Beauty from Bali
All John Hardy creations are hand-crafted by artisans, in a low-impact shop. Most jewelry in the world is stamped out of a machine in a factory, unseen by anyone but computer scanners and assembly workers, until it arrives in a store. Each John Hardy piece is entirely unique, because it was created by a human being given a fair wage in a safe, clean workplace. When you buy John Hardy jewelry, you are contributing to keeping us on a sustainable path for our planet.
