Material info

All the wood used in our jewelry comes from projects that were left over for some reason. This is how it ended up in Inkeri Emilie jewelry. We consider the use of existing materials important in terms of material procurement and environmental sustainability.

Currently, we produce oak and mountain elm. Oak is wood left over from building construction, from the part intended for the kitchen countertop. This means that the oak we use has already been a finished lacquered wooden board. In our production, blanks are sawn from the board. After this, jewelry parts are sawn from the blanks, from which the old lacquer surface is sanded off. After finishing, the surface is re-treated.

Mountain elm was obtained from park trees felled for the Turku City construction project. My father is involved in the project in question for his work, and after the trees were felled, he was able to recover some of them for his own use. The city had a permit to cut down the trees, and they were cut down to make way for a residential building. The mountain elm has dried for a year before it is put into use. The production is done in the same way as oak, but the wood is so-called fresh wood, which has not been previously treated in any way.

Oak is a harder wood, which may appear as a "grooved" surface in the wood of the jewelry. Mountain elm is softer and its surface is smoother. Mountain elm is also easier to work with.

The jewelry has been surface-treated with Osmo Color furniture oil and wood waxes. Both of these are intended for treating, for example, countertops, furniture and even toys, which makes them safe for skin contact. These are also water-repellent coatings, which supports the durability of the jewelry's surface.

However, it is good to take into account that wood darkens over time. Changes in the surface and color of the wood are normal, and you should not be surprised. 

All pearls used in the jewelry are also recycled. In the earrings, we mostly use recycled freshwater pearls.