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*Caveat on using the term “recycled gold”:

While I am very careful to source my precious metals only from SCS® certified suppliers (SCS® stands for Supply Chain Sustainability; they are the global leader in the field of sustainability standards and third-party certification). Most of my precious metals suppliers are also members of the Responsible Jewellery Council. However, I want to point out that ‘recycling gold' is not what is commonly understood by the term.

True recycling avoids things ending up in landfills. Gold, of course, wouldn’t.

Instead, gold is simply melted, refined and repurposed.

Although SCS® certified refineries must maintain auditable records of their suppliers, there are loopholes globally which make it very easy for gold from unregulated and/or illegal sources to enter their supply chain.

This makes even 'certified recycled' gold untraceable.

Further reading:
Is Recycled Gold Ethical?
Materials, Sustainability, & Fairmined Metals

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For the Love of Food! … a visit to Cape Breton Island

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Those of you who know me will know that I love food. I love looking at it, thinking about it, preparing it, eating it, and most of all: sharing it! I think I like it so much because it is a very visceral expression of creative passion. I also strongly believe that culture is created and nourished by sharing food.

I love gathering friends around my table for a meal
I love gathering friends around my table for a meal

In my ‘church’, my rather unusual volunteer position always surrounds the making of food.

Creating a banquet with fellow chefs as part of a big celebration
Creating a banquet with fellow chefs as part of a big celebration

I can get particularly excited about creating interesting menus…

This shows part of the selection of hors d'oeuvres I created for a fundraising event for a hundred people
This shows part of the selection of hors d’oeuvres I created for a fundraising event for a hundred people – … I had help!

And I love even just to look at it, see and observe food. With my friend Damian Lidgard, I created the Halifax Farmers’ Market Calendar for several years.

Market Salsa! ... can't you just taste its freshness?
A moment observed: Market Salsa! … can’t you just taste its freshness?

Luckily, I get to combine my passion for working with metal with the passion for food this coming weekend, when I go to gorgeous Cape Breton Island for Stronger Than Steel, a celebration of Open Hearth Park in Sidney, NS, which is combined with the culmination of  an epic island-wide international festival of food all this week, called Right Some Good. Do consider coming out  for this cool event Labour Day weekend!

I am very excited to attend this event with one of my daughters, who has always been a foodie.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree ...
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree …

We are super psyched to be surrounded by other foodies, but also especially pumped to see the amazingly talented nice guy, our former neighbour and dear friend, singer songwriter Jimmy Rankin perform live on his home ground, as part of the free concerts all weekend!

And, happy to say: I will be exhibiting my work at the Artisan Walk during the weekend’s festivities, so if you find yourself anywhere near Cape Breton this weekend, make sure to stop by! It’s not every day that so many Onefooter rings find themselves on the island!

Each one starts as one foot of silver, yet no two are alike...
Each one starts as one foot of silver, yet no two are alike…

 

 

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