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Wear your old car parts as jewellery?

From AshleyW, Featured Contributor
Posted on May 15, 2009
Filed under Environment, Green, Feature, lifestyle, shopping, design, custom, accessories, Jewelry

Recycling and being green is more popular now than ever and a lot of individuals are finding creative ways to reuse materials. Even car parts are being reshaped and designed into some serious 'bling.

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Rings made by Hi Octane Jewellery

Hi Octane Jewellery is an innovative company that makes earrings, rings, belt buckles, bracelets and necklaces either with car motifs or recycled car parts.

Their car grille rings are made of silver and some look like old school hot rods. Much of their jewellery can be custom made, like the silver 1957 Chevy Look Grille bracelet. The items made from emblems are really interesting. Hi Octane Jewellery has created necklaces, belt buckles and even cufflinks from car emblems. One of their belt buckles is a Cadillac emblem that was found on the inside of a door panel and cufflinks, also Cadillac emblems, were found on interior lights.

Perfect gifts for enthusiasts, click through to learn about Wired Jewellery.

Melissa Kolbusz is a jewellery designer that has taken the idea of reusing car parts to another level. In her designs named, "Wired" you will find belly chains made of rubber washers and alternator links, a bracelet made from alternator wire and electrical components, a cuff bracelet made out of rubber and steel cable, and earrings made from scrap steel tension springs and scrap steele wire. You can view her designs at Wired Resistance.

Emily Baker is another artist who has her own line of jewelery made from old car and machine parts. SWORD + FERN is the name of her line, and she creates earrings, necklaces, bracelets out of tires, brass, carbon steel and scrap glass. She gets many of the metals from railroad tracks and scrap yards. What makes this jewellery really unique is the materials used and what can be created from them. I'll never look at a rusty old car the same way again.

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AshleyW is a featured contributor for vLane.
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