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MATERIALS
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"From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
ALBERT EINSTEIN
HORN AND BONE
No animals are killed or maimed for our horn and bone
All horn and bone is recycled from the food industry
Textures created by polishing, scouring, carving and incising
Color variants achieved with environmentally safe tea and henna, potassium chloride and hydrogen peroxide with natural sunlight
Laser designs now available in both horn and bone
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COROZO
Corozo (also called tagua and vegetable ivory) is the nut of a rainforest palm tree
Only environmentally sound low-impact dyes used
OWB original licensee of Conservation International's Tagua Initiativeā¢, beginning in 1995
27,000,000 acres of vital rainforest are lost each year to deforestation
Harvesting and processing corozo prevents deforestation while employing tens of thousands of the indigenous rainforest population
Laser designs now available in both hand and machine made corozo
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WOOD
No trees are cut or destroyed for our wood products
OWB Rainforest Alliance certified woods are harvested from a coffee plantation using sustainable practices for three generations
Other sustainable woods are found on the rainforest floor or are pruned from fruit trees
Wood is treated only with linseed oil, extracted from flax seed and naturally water-resistant
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BEADED
Beaded buttons are made with the finest quality Czech and Japanese beads
Guatemalan beaders are inspired by their beaded embroidered traditional huipiles, blouses worn by traditional Mayan women
Nepali beading expertise derives from pote bead jewelry, worn by all married Nepali Hindi women
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BAMBOO & COCONUT
The fastest growing plant on Earth, bamboo is the world's most renewable resource
Bamboo is carved or smoked for our button designs
Using coconut husks prevents landfill waste and smoke pollution from waste burning
Coconut is carved, polished or left in its natural state for buttons
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METAL
All OWB metal products are nickel-free to European standards (no more than 0.05% nickel)
Metal items are available in white metal, brass, copper and burnished "antique" finish
Our metal artisans carry on the skills of generations of Newari craftsmanship
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RECYCLED GLASS
Translucent buttons are made from crushed recycled bottles and plates
Pigmented buttons use powdered clear glass mixed with ceramic pigments for complete color distribution
High-temperature firing anneals recycled glass to a strength greater than ceramics
May be machine washed by turning garments inside out. Line dry.
Produced in Ghana, where Krobe glass beadmaking dates to the mid-1600s.
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