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Shakti Ellenwood

Shakti Ellenwood

FromA Thousand Facets


Shakti Ellenwood

FromA Thousand Facets

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A thousand facets sits with Shakti Ellenwood, she thinks of jewelry as a powerful vehicle to transmit positivity. She creates a bond with her designs that will carry to the wearer! Her responsible practices makes her work so much more special. 

Shakti Ellenwood is a renowned designer of ethical jewellery, whose handcrafted creations offer a unique blend of beauty and integrity.

Shakti Ellenwood is a different kind of goldsmith. Her approach to jewellery making comes from a unique talent to heal through the medium of gold. After 25 years of sitting in ceremonies with indigenous elders and shamans, she learnt that jewellery could be a key to unlocking the wearer’s full potential and generating more happiness in their lives.
Handcrafted in her London studio, her talismanic jewels are created consciously while singing ancient Indian mantras and weaving spells, dreams and blessings into their very bones. Her amulets are animals and symbols each has a healing vibration, often accompanied with a story told by elders and tribespeople.
For each piece to carry the highest vibration of love, she works only with 18ct Fairtrade gold from Peru. This traceable gold is called ‘gold with heart’ for it supports and protects the small-scale artisan miners with care for the environment and wildlife around the mines.
While making wedding and engagement rings, she puts blessings into the rings for the couple’s journey through life together. She loves to hear couple’s stories and can tailor the prayers according to each couple’s unique wishes.
Shakti is a B-Corp certified goldsmith. She has the highest earning score of all jewellers in the UK and was voted “Best For The World 2022” for her commitment to giving back. In 2022 she donated over 2% of her sales to social and environmental causes. She is also a Fairtrade licensee.
She trained in San Francisco from 1995 under fifth-generation Armenian master goldsmith Hratch Nargizian, launching her own company in 2000. Her work now melds the artisanal skills passed down through centuries of fine jewellery craftsmanship with her own distinctive visual style.
You can find Shakti Ellenwood on Instagram @shaktiellenwood or her website 
https://www.shaktiellenwood.com/

Music by @chris_keys__
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Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (33)

Join blogger and jewelry aficionado A Thousand Facets as she sits down with today’s leading independent designers from around the globe to talk about how they got started, how they developed their style, and what inspires their designs. In every episode A Thousand Facets , will be joined by her favorite artists and friends to talk about jewelry, first and foremost, with fun and insightful digressions about materials (gemstones, metal, enamel), techniques (stone carving, engraving, weaving). They’ll make you think about why we wear jewelry, how a single piece of jewelry can tell an entire story, and what goes into creating these wearable works of art. You’ll be able to see select images of the jewelry discussed in each episode on Instagram @athousandfacets.