Kinga Balogh designer of the Cirrhopp brand has been living in Üllő since 2008 and has been designing and making jewellery and accessories from recyclable materials since 2011: single-use packaging waste in her local residential workshop.
The ultralight jewellery made of PET plastic goes beyond the clichés of trash-art and is rich in eye-catching colours thanks to its aqua watercolour-like painting. This material offers the opportunity to create light, translucent and lasting pieces in an ethical workshop with sustainability in mind. Each piece of jewellery is inspired by shapes, plants, flowers, petals and leaves found in nature.
In connection with the Precious Plastic movement, HDPE and PP materials (caps, bottles) are now also available.
Kinga thinks it is important to pass on some of the techniques to others, as recycling and the preservation of values is for everyone who is sensitive to this, so in addition to her creative activities she also holds recycling workshops all over the country.
Materials used:
1. The bottles are made of PET, polyethylene terephthalate, which is disposable packaging waste, stainless steel (hypoallergenic and considered as an alternative to silver), alcohol-based paint (so customers should not spray perfume directly on them, I usually inform them about this), waterproof, silicone end, because it is light as a whistle and the wind can easily blow it in. I heat shrink the earrings first, then dye them.
2. Jewelry made from caps (stud earrings, rings, pendant necklaces) is HDPE plastic (high density polyethylene), also single-use packaging waste, the raw material for caps and bottles. Other materials used here include: stainless steel (earring-ring-chain and pendant bases), with silicone ends for earrings. No dye used here, colours/patterns are obtained by fusing, heat pressing.