Guiding Ethics

Silver + Salmon is a small woman operated silversmithing studio born from the desire for simplicity and sustainability. From working with my hands as a way to create meaningful self employment to making decisions to support a more sustainable planet, Silver + Salmon allows me to be creative while working towards something greater than myself. A little hobby that started as a creative inquiry on the top of my freezer with limited tools turned into this awesome business that lets my ethics take the drivers seat.

My goal is to offer an enticing alternative to fast fashion jewellery using materials that already exist. Each piece that leaves my bench is made slowly and intentionally from post consumer recycled precious metals sourced in North America and hand made entirely by me. Working this way allows me to give a new life to existing precious metals at the end of their consumer life cycle, keeping the circular economy going. The choice to only source and use recycled precious metals means that Silver + Salmon doesn’t contribute to new mining, which often includes untraceable and harmful environmental and labour practices. Having a traceable supply line is at the heart of my business and its important to me that all items are sourced ethically, and in the ost sustainable way possible from precious metals and gemstones to packaging.

Currently, Silver + Salmon donates 5% of annual sales to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to making transformational change for the benefit of Pacific salmon at every scale – from the smallest streams to the open ocean.

Silver + Salmon: Jewellery made slow, sustainably.