Dearest,

A cosmic force and this New York Times article drew us to Stanislav Drokin, the Kharkiv-based master jeweler behind the transformation of iron shrapnel littering his community. I spent parts of years exploring how to do this with identical looking iron shrapnel from Laos - but it was challenging. Drokin's genius unlocked how to work with iron and his determination for a free Ukraine fueled his willingness to partner to raise awareness and funds for humanitarian efforts in his war torn country, supporting MAG (Mines Advisory Group) through Revival Ukraine Collection

Overlapping with the blossoming of our trans-Atlantic friendship, I had been captivated by Netflix's Unknown Cosmic Time Machine documentary about NASA's James Webb telescope and the fact that its photos and findings serve as more evidence that we are stardust (Carl Sagan).

It's mind boggling to think that our ARTICLE22 jewelry is made from two of the most abundant metals on earth, aluminum and iron, which were generated inside collapsing stars. The iron found in our blood is the same that forms the tanks and weapons of the global arms industry. Mother Earth and the elements that course through our veins and unite us all. Yet humans expend more than double forging these materials into a business of destruction instead of a business of creation - of jewelry.

Those images will help us answer those questions - where did we come from, how did we get here, are we alone? 

SOURCE: NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY UKNOWN COSMIC TIME MACHINE

What I find endlessly fascinating is that push and pull between the beauty of the stars and the information they hold in explaining both our past and our potential future in space, and, the reality of the preciousness of life here on earth. We are certainly already living in a paradise. A paradise of Mother Nature that needs protecting full of human relationships that need protecting and celebrating. And yet, we have war and conflict.

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