Give new life to something old with these handmade broken plate earrings. Each piece is crafted from a genuine shard of upcycled vintage plate, carefully shaped, polished, edged with rose gold color plating, and hung on sterling silver hooks. No two are alike, making your earrings a true one-of-a-kind jewelry piece. Perfect as a sustainable gift, these upcycled earrings blend eco-friendly design with timeless style.

• genuine broken plate shard, repurposed into wearable art
• lightweight, comfortable, and durable
• handmade in Baltimore, Maryland
• bring a little history, creativity, and conversation to your jewelry collection with these meaningful upcycled broken plate earrings

From Baltimore, MD, Juliet Ames would have never dreamed that one day she would break plates for a living. An Inter-Disciplinary Craft degree Towson University, and a passion for creativity and "making" directed her path. A simple project, mosaic that repurposed all of the plates she had collected from thrift shops over the years, ended with a leftover pile of broken plate shards that were begging for a new life. Wrapping one in solder to create a pendant began an incredibly rewarding jewelry company. From custom heirloom pieces, to features on popular TV and in multiple magazines, The Broken Plate Pendant Co has grown exponentially. Juliet leaves us with this quote from Stephanie Kallos.

"No one likes to see something break —even if that thing has no relationship to them whatsoever. Even if they’re completely unattached. Why is that? I wonder. It is, after all, the inevitable fate of a plate, isn’t it? If it’s not put away, that is. If it’s put to its intended purpose-as a vessel, something useful, something human hands are meant to handle and interact with. The natural fate of a plate-and therefore the appropriate one-is hat it be chipped or cracked or broken. Why should that decrease its value?" - Stephanie Kallos