ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
In and out of Astral Apparel Angel Armoury I am passionate about eradicating waste and operating in a fashion as environmentally sound as possible. I am not a ‘fast’ business. I consider my collections ageless. I possess no surplus stock or materials. My studio and despatch office are free of single use materials. If I generate any waste that cannot be recycled by traditional waste streams, I let said waste to eco waste management companies. All metal scraps are melted for reuse, indeed my own financial homeostasis is something to be tended to. Not a single offcut goes to waste or landfill. My packaging is recyclable and crafted by recycled materials, utilising environmentally friendly ink. My dispatch and packing materials are biodegradable.
Due to the frivolous nature of my wares, it is paramount that my environmental impact is harmonious at the very least. I consider my work a reflection of myself, so it is essential that my values are mirrored if I am to move with accountability and integrity.
I will only collaborate with traders who values are in alignment with my own. Environmentally speaking, this means sourcing crystals and gemstones cut by hand. Minimising environmental impact and protecting local people, who I believe in turn to be conglomerates of the environment. This requires local traders investing in local communities as opposed to gargantuan corporations. Instead of large scale mining, the crystals, metals and gemstones incorporated at Astral Apparel Angel Armoury are obtained by hand, thus retaining value in all senses of the word. My collaborating traders must abide and honour environmental impact as well as licensing and pollution control.
I am dedicated to learning and developing to maintain my business as a force for good, as far as vanity, materialism and expression goes.
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What is 1 Jewel 1 Fly?
You've heard of 1 like 1 prayer, this is 1 jewel 1 fly [more like 1-7 jewels 1 fly]. Astral Apparel Angel Armoury is essentially a campaign to deck purchasers in finery and spread beauty throughout the world [well more like my local/localish community] in order to fund my sky pirate adventures.
Flying is an expensive aspiration and without a supplementary income, completing the license is beyond my proletarian means. Extravagant endeavours call for extravagant effort, and there saw my transition to petit bourgeoisie.
I have always been a magpie, though only in 2020 began to incorporate the use of crystals and precious rocks into my work. Up until this point I was waging solely as a scalemaille artist and costumier, as a natural progression to making my own accoutrements for gigs [original music at www.novahalo.co.uk].
One day I was sitting in the lobby of the Royal Geological Society whilst working for a RAS' Specialist Discussion Meeting event, I had an epiphany and was suddenly reminded how COOL rocks are.
All the time I had spent learning star formation and metallicity subliminally mounting, coating myself in rhinestones and glitter for my gigs and for whatever reason or not, this was the moment that it occurred to me, it was time to start jewelling myself.
I filled my time with research, conducted experiments and joined a lapidary and mineral society all in aid of creating my own gemstone jewellery, as well as continuing to develop my scalemaille skills.
With every purchase I move that bit closer to my dream of completing my long in transit private pilot license. Thank you to everyone who has purchase, liked, shared or visited Astral Apparel Angel Armoury.
GOOD DAY AND MAY YOU FAIR WELL IN YOUR ENDEAVOURS FOR LIBERTY
Nancy x
