Along the way this year, we have sought out makers of all kinds - observing, discussing, listening to and absorbing different styles of practice, aesthetic, approach, and creation from vegetables to prints to ad campaigns to, now, jewelry. Each place and person/maker resonates with us in some way, be it process, product or, often, both. In this case, our threads of thoughts and conversations from the past were brought full circle, spanning ethical sourcing, community dynamics, process, time, and healthy capacity.
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In different ways, the classifier "Made in Nelson" cropped up long before we made it anywhere near the small city, never mind knew where it was specifically. From a fortuitous internet-based discovery of a local jeweler, to various and delicious beverages investigated while in Rangiora and on our South Island road trip, to ever growing mentions of a well stocked weekend market, Nelson had quietly carved out it's notch in our landscape as a place not to be missed.
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