22 March 2024
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Surprise your love with a fair and eco piece of jewellery this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! At COSH! we are convinced that spoiling each other with love is much more important than buying each other gifts. But of course there is nothing wrong with surprising your partner with a sustainable gift every now and then!
Before you go shopping for a Valentine’s Day gift, We’d like to give you one tip: if you’re being kind to your loved one, you might as well be kind to the planet too! How? By choosing a local, eco and fair gift! Like a beautiful, timeless piece of jewellery for example. One that your girlfriend, fiancée or wife will cherish forever and will never want to take off.
Would you like to pamper your partner with a beautiful diamond ring or necklace, a minimalist bracelet or earrings with unique natural stones? Below we share six inspiring jewellery designers with you where you can score a beautiful, ethical piece of jewellery!
MODERN DESIGN PIECES
Anna Rosa Moschouti
Does your girlfriend like modern designs? Then she will probably fall in love with the beautiful jewellery by Anna Rosa Moschouti. At Anna Rosa you find small minimalistic jewels as well as bigger statement pieces in gold and silver, all made with sustainable materials like eco silver and fairmined gold. Anna Rosa believes in conscious consumption and gets her materials from small businesses in Belgium and Greece.
FAIRMINED GOLD JEWELLERY, HANDMADE IN GHENT
LINE VANDEN BOGAERDE
Line Vanden Bogaerde creates refined and bold jewellery, engagement rings and wedding rings, all from her own atelier in Ghent!
The timeless jewellery is made of fairmined white and yellow gold. So you can be sure that not only your loved one will be happy with the beautiful gift, but also the miners work in good conditions and receive a fair wage.
In the collections of Line you will find earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and cufflinks. If you like, you can also have an engagement or wedding ring made according to your wishes and the taste of your loved one! Extra personal! Line is ready to help you create the best design.
HANDMADE, MINIMALISTIC JEWELLERY
Or Service
At Or Service you will find handmade, minimalist jewellery with a sustainable character. Jewellery designer Lynn Geerinck is a renowned craftswoman and uses recycled and fairmined gold. In the permanent collection you will discover earrings, bracelets and rings. Are you looking for something more personal? Make an appointment at Or Service and have your engagement or wedding ring custom-made.
UNIQUE GEMSTONES
Nico Taeymans
Nico Taeymans is an experienced jewellery designer with great passion for his craft. All his jewels are handmade in his workshop in Antwerp. Nico is specialised in working with natural materials. His new collection is made with uncut gemstones and rough cut diamonds that give the jewels a unique and bold character.
ELEGANT LAB GROWN DIAMONDS
NUE
Do you want your loved one to sparkle with a diamond piece of jewellery? Then we advise you to choose an ethical version. Mining diamonds has a big impact on the environment and moreover, people often work in poor conditions to mine the diamonds.
That is why the Belgian brand NUE makes fine jewellery with lab-grown diamonds. These diamonds are made in a lab and are therefore ethical and eco-friendly. Important to know is that lab-grown diamonds are optically and chemically identical to mined diamonds! The only difference is in the origin, the impact and the traceability.
All NUE jewels are made with 18k recycled gold. The designs are timeless and thanks to the quality materials the jewels last for years. We bet that your NUE piece of jewellery will sparkle on her skin every day!
Odell
Lien Hereijgers’ jewellery consists of circular shapes combined with clean lines, always in function of the material. All jewellery has a unique character and looks super pretty thanks to the beautiful colours! Beauty is in simplicity, that is motto of the Odell brand. All jewellery is designed by Lien Hereijgers herself. She then sets to work with her team to bring the designs to life in the workshop in Deurne. The composite jewellery is handmade, sanded and polished.
Huis Pauwels Spaenjers
Huis Pauwels Spaenjers is a gold smithy where old gold is given a new life. The designer duo Audi Pauwels and Kitty Spaenjers have been putting down true craftsmanship combined with perfect engineering for many years. Do you like sleek, minimalist and uniqueness? Then you’ve come to the right place at Huis Pauwels Spaenjers. On top of that, Audi and Kitty also work with sustainable materials including recycled gold.
Want to know more about the environmental impact of gold, silver, and diamonds? Then be sure to read our ethical jewellery guide.
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HANDMADE JEWELLERY FROM AFRICA
LAMU
Each piece of jewellery by LAMU is carefully handmade in Kenya using recycled brass. The creation process is a true act of love for art and craftsmanship. Brass is melted in small batches, creating around ten units of each design at a time. These designs are then transformed into unique and more sustainable pieces by the talented artisans of Kibera, Nairobi.
When you choose a LAMU jewel, you not only get a beautiful and unique accessory, but you also support a social enterprise that connects artisans and designers from different parts of Africa with the European market.
JEWELS FROM FAIRTRADE GOLD
Atelier Luz
Atelier Luz is a Fairtrade goldsmith, located in the East of Amsterdam. In the workshop of Atelier Luz, goldsmith and designer Marike Hauser makes handmade and high-quality jewellery from fairtrade gold. Sleek, organic shapes, (im)perfect gemstones and simplicity are recurring elements in her collections. All jewellery is made in the workshop at the back of the store, where Marike designs, advises and creates together with her skilled team.
In addition to handmade gold rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings in both gold and silver, Atelier Luz also offers unique, handmade, fairtrade custom wedding and engagement rings.
RECYCLED MATERIALS
Zoë Detrez
Belgian designer Zoë Detrez makes elegant, timeless and minimalist jewellery from high-quality materials that can often be recycled, such as gold and silver. She completed her studies as a jewellery designer in Hasselt and started her workshop in Rotterdam. From here, she designs and crafts her own jewellery, but also leather bags.
The jewellery is made to order, which keeps stocks to a minimum. Do you have a personal design suggestion? Then you can also visit the workshop by appointment. Zoë is happy to sit together with you to create a unique design for your loved one.
STATEMENT JEWELLERY FROM TEXTILES
Iris Nijenhuis
Looking for a unique piece of jewellery that is not made of gold, silver or gemstones? Amsterdam jewellery designer Iris Nijenhuis makes high-quality earrings, necklaces, bracelets and one-of-a-kind items from textiles using laser cutting. Her innovative designs are modular: the different pieces of fabric are put together like a puzzle without fasteners such as glue. The result is a unique, high-quality piece of jewellery with which your loved one makes a true statement. You can also shop her collection at Multiple in Hasselt.
FAIRMINED GOLD JEWELLERY, HANDMADE IN GHENT
LINE VANDEN BOGAERDE
Line Vanden Bogaerde creates refined and bold jewellery, engagement rings and wedding rings, all from her own atelier in Ghent!
The timeless jewellery is made of fairmined white and yellow gold. So you can be sure that not only your loved one will be happy with the beautiful gift, but also the miners work in good conditions and receive a fair wage.
In the collections of Line you will find earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and cufflinks. If you like, you can also have an engagement or wedding ring made according to your wishes and the taste of your loved one! Extra personal! Line is ready to help you create the best design.
