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Polly van der Glas Jewelry by Fiona Killackey

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Plenty are on the "let's recycle and reuse" bandwagon these days but few have looked at really reusing what we have quite like Melbourne-based jewelry designer Polly van der Glas. Sourcing her materials from friends and family who have been kind enough to offer (actual) parts of themselves, van der Glas created a stunningly innovative debut collection which features human hair and teeth. Already turning heads (and no doubt some very weak stomachs) van der Glas pieces are set for cult status. For your own piece of, well, someone else contact Polly at pollypollypollypolly [at] hotmail [dot] com.

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