care } 

Precious matters products are always made with great care. In the webshop you’ll find unique, handmade items: sometimes a single piece, sometimes a small series. At the moment I mainly work with a small stock that is ready to ship. Custom-made pieces are not available right now, but may return in the future.

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no stock - no cry }

Items are usually designed, made, described, photographed and priced just once. That’s it. Precious matters doesn’t work with large stock. When items are produced in a series, the number of pieces still available is always mentioned in the product description. Each item is handmade and unique even within a series, small differences may occur.

 

​material }

For the love of gold, silver, gemstones, brass, copper, rubber, wood, flowers, glass, ceramics, porcelain, resin, epoxy, paper, cardboard, ink, concrete, wool, leather, linen, cotton, but also disco-dip... 

 

Considered precious or non-precious, either obviously valuable or secretly amazing, wanting to know all about their qualities, strength limitations makes these material equally interesting to me.​​

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durability }

Durability is always taken into consideration when selecting material. Re-using, recycling, upcycling & repairing are first choice when possible. You'll find everything you want to know about the origin of your product in its description.

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​reclaimed gems }

If there’s one thing that makes me happy it’s finding and collecting vintage, antique and estate jewelry to deconstruct or just clean up and give new purpose. Some of it in perfect shape, some of it in need of  love and care. Yes, some of it is just for me, but not all...​

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repair }

There's one, often overlooked, step after breaking something, before throwing it out: making an attempt to repair! Not everything is repairable, but wouldn't it be nice if we could at least try with traditional craft, new techniques or creative solutions?​

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hallmark }

Dutch law stipulates that precious metal objects must be provided with a quality hallmark. Waarborgholland is charged with implementing this 'waarborgwet'. This law applies to: gold from 1 gram, silver from 8 gram, platina from 0,5 gram.