A New Dawn for People and Planet

Back to previous page  Fabulous Fair trade Silver Jewellery Hand Driven Gem Cutting Wheel At A New Dawn For People & Planet we firmly believe that if everyone treated other people as they themselves would like to be treated, the world would be a much lovelier place to live! All customers can therefore expect the best service that we can provide. We are a small, family business, based in Jersey selling a variety of ethically traded and (as a bit of a bonus) lovely things. The majority of our stock is made up of beautiful sterling silver jewellery, some of it set with semi-precious stones, but some other fair trade bits and bobs may have snuck in too... The workshop supplying our jewellery has been inspected and approved by representatives of the Dutch Fairtrade Organisation and is situated in Jaipur, the second most important gemstone exporting city in India. The indigenous craftspeople of the city have been hand cutting and polishing gems for more than 250 years and, even amidst modernisation, Jaipur's gems industry essentially retains its cottage character. Sparkly Gemstones! A Bit of Backgound: All 'A New Dawn' jewellery is hand made in India using the 'lost wax' casting method - a traditional technique which has been used for thousands of years and, unlike the highly mechanised vacuum casting method used for the majority of Thai jewellery, is inexpensive and provides a greater level of employment. Also our casting method uses copper rather than the often used cadmium which has much higher levels of toxicity. The jewellery designs are first created in wax, which is then pressed into a tray of firm sand. The sand is then heated to melt the wax away, leaving a hollow impression into which the molten sterling silver is poured. As you can imagine the resulting 'jewellery' bears little resemblance to the finished article! There is an awful lot of filing and polishing to be done to remove unwanted burrs and blemishes and to achieve the desired finish. The Gems: All our gemstones are cut by hand on a hand driven grinding wheel. The gem cutters undergo many years of training to be able to cut all the angles purely by eye. The angles are extremely important - if the side of the gem is too steep or too shallow the light will not reflect inside the stone and the gem will appear dull. Gem cutters retire at about 35 years of age because their eyesight is no longer good enough to judge the cutting angle. But don't worry, they're not thrown on the scrapheap! They go on to teach the next generation of gem cutters. The Silver: Our jewellery is all made from sterling silver and is tested for purity before coming to the UK. All items weighing 7g or more are sent to the Birmingham Assay Office to be tested and hallmarked - items below 7.78g are exempt from the Hallmarking Act and, due to the charges involved, it would not be practical to mark smaller items. ------------------------------------------------------------------ A New Dawn is proud to support ST DUNSTAN'S, the charity that gives so much help & support to blind ex-service men and women. Favourite Links Our other online shop St Dunstan's - helping blind ex-service men & women Listings To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received. Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once and may represent different bidders. Ethical & Great Value Jewellery Item Start End Price Title High Bidder / Status 120370639722 29-Jan-09 25-Nov-09 11:12:19 £28.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER CUT QUARTZ CRYSTAL BRACELET Available 120370644938 29-Jan-09 25-Nov-09 11:32:47 £10.95 FAIR TRADE SILVER TREFOIL & PALE LABRADORITE EARRINGS Available 120370645276 29-Jan-09 25-Nov-09 11:33:58 £9.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER JEWELLERY LABRADORITE ROD EARRINGS Available 120370696772 29-Jan-09 25-Nov-09 14:19:12 £38.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER OVAL MALACHITE BRACELET Available 120381118717 19-Feb-09 16-Dec-09 21:25:53 £37.95 FAIR TRADE STERLING SILVER JEWELLERY CROSS PENDANT Available 120381120048 19-Feb-09 16-Dec-09 21:29:40 £29.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER JEWELLERY MIXED STONE PENDANT Available 120381121723 19-Feb-09 16-Dec-09 21:33:00 £10.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER DAINTY LABRADORITE TEARDROP EARRINGS Available 120384395824 26-Feb-09 23-Dec-09 19:59:29 £16.95 FAIRTRADE 925 SILVER CIRCULAR FACETED QUARTZ EARRINGS Available 120384449466 26-Feb-09 23-Dec-09 21:38:53 £14.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER CIRCULAR BLACK ONYX EARRINGS Available 120384451340 26-Feb-09 23-Dec-09 21:42:59 £11.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER & IOLITE DECORATIVE SQUARE EARRINGS Available 120384452880 26-Feb-09 23-Dec-09 21:46:02 £20.95 FAIRTRADE ENGRAVED STERLING SILVER & ONYX LEAF EARRINGS Available 120406246193 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:03:13 £15.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER JEWELLERY ROSE QUARTZ PENCIL PENDANT Available 120406246587 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:04:59 £15.95 FAIRTRADE 925 SILVER JEWELLERY QUARTZ PENCIL PENDANT Available 120406247111 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:06:38 £55.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER TURQUOISE & CORAL BANGLE Available 120406247484 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:08:25 £12.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER JEWELLERY DOUBLE DROP GARNET EARRINGS Available 120406247934 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:10:26 £23.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER COLLAR FACETED OVAL BLUETOPAZ EARRINGS Available 120406248720 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:13:13 £79.95 FAIRTRADE JEWELLERY 36 CUT QUARTZ 925 SILVER BRACELET Available 120406253212 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:31:58 £31.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER MARQUISE CUT QUARTZ CRYSTAL BRACELET Available 120406253733 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:34:08 £35.95 FAIR TRADE 925 SILVER MARQUISE CUT AMETHYST BRACELET Available 120406256143 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:42:59 £28.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER JEWELLERY BLACK ONYX BRACELET Available 120406257968 14-Apr-09 10-Dec-09 10:51:05 £8.95 FAIR TRADE 925 SILVER & LAPIS "FIGURE OF 8" EARRINGS Available 120407349870 16-Apr-09 12-Dec-09 16:03:35 £14.95 FAIRTRADE 925 SILVER & CABOCHON CITRINE STAR PENDANT Available 120460263010 18-Aug-09 16-Dec-09 09:40:53 £19.95 FAIRTRADE STERLING SILVER & ELLIPSE BLACK ONYX BRACELET Available 120460266858 18-Aug-09 16-Dec-09 09:59:54 £12.95 FAIR TRADE SILVER DOUBLE DROP LABRADORITE EARRINGS Available 120460268799 18-Aug-09 16-Dec-09 10:10:40 £12.95 FAIRTRADE SILVER JEWELRY DOUBLE DROP MOONSTONE EARRINGS Available Go see all current items for sale by this member. 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