10% of the sales made from the Tiny Treasures Collection will go towards Sisters Inside, an organisation run by Debbie Kilroy.

This organisation aims to help women and families within the criminal justice system. This organisation recognises that criminalisation is often related to intergenerational problems of violence, poverty, unemployment and health issues. First Nations women and girls are hugely over-represented in the system. Aboriginal people represent 3% of Australia’s population yet make up 29% of the prison population.

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When we say someone is a ‘pearl’ we mean to say they are rare and of great worth. Now that they are widely cultured the rarity can be questioned, their worth is dependent on where they are from and how perfect their surface nacre is.

The worth of one person being weighed more over another seems like an old, unfair and out-dated historical fact.

Danielle Barrie21 June 2020Tiny Treasures, South Africa, Pearls, Worth, Sisters Inside Inc

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No Grit, No Pearl

In a time where things are feeling a bit weird and gritty I’ve been unable to steam ahead with my making as per normal. My concentration has been a bit haywire and I suppose because the future is a bit of a large flaming question mark creating stock or looking towards future orders seems a little futile or incomprehensible at this point.