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About Sweet Marcel
Nora & Sweet Marcel’s namesake, Marcel
Photo by Tom’s One Hour Photo Lab
Hi, I’m Nora, owner and one-woman-show behind Sweet Marcel. I’ve spent most of my life engrossed in the visual arts. Although I am trained as a photographer, I have dipped my toe in almost every visual medium. I started Sweet Marcel because I saw a need for fun, playful jewelry that centers ethics and sustainability at the forefront of production. Sweet Marcel is committed to creating beautiful, fair trade jewelry, while avoiding the exploitation of workers in our supply chain. In a world of fast fashion, our semi-fine colorful jewelry stands out as the slow-fashion ethical alternative.
Responsibility
All of our polymer charms are hand-crafted, hand-painted and sealed, and the jewelry is assembled by hand at my artist studio in Los Angeles, California.
The core values of Sweet Marcel include environmentalism and humanitarianism. Our goal is to create as little harm as possible, in the production and distribution of our products. We do so by sourcing our materials and components from wholesalers that share our transparent, ethical, environmental, and humanitarian values, whenever possible.
Our supplier for our gold-filled findings and components is Rio Grande, who are committed to the London Bullion Market Association standard for their precious metals. They also provide transparency for the sourcing of their gemstones, to ensure that they are ethically sourced. During their production process, where they prepare gems to become the semi-precious stones that you can find on Sweet Marcel Jewelry, they only work with facilities that align with the Responsible Jewellery Council.
Our packaging and shipping items are made in collaboration with brands that center the environment in the production of their products. We use environmentally friendly items from companies such as Rio Grande, No Issue, EcoEnclose and Sticker You. For our synthetic materials, such as polymer, acrylic paint, and polyurethane, Sweet Marcel sources from local and small suppliers, whenever possible.
Sweet Marcel is run and operated by Nora Drew LLC
For wholesale inquiries, contact info@sweetmarcel.co
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