What Are Jabebo Earrings?
Original Artwork
We create our own colorful, detailed designs. Subjects are chosen and artfully rendered to celebrate curiosity and the wondrous diversity of our world. A playful style speaks to the inner child in people of all ages.
A Cottage Industry
We began Jabebo Earrings in 1995 based on our idea of making earrings out of miniaturized images. For each design we make a die that fits its outline so it is possible to cut them out accurately. We still work out of our house with the help of 5 part time employees.
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Educational
Each design features differing but complementary left and right images. Together, they illustrate narative ideas about our world.
Recycled Material
Post-consumer cereal box cardboard is used to construct the earrings. Print and images from the cardboard packaging is visible on the reverse of the earrings. Two layers of cardboard are sandwiched together to provide a sturdy base for the color image applied on the front.
A pair of Bison earrings. Reverse side of the earrings
The display cards are also made from cereal box cardboard which are sprayed with water based latex paint. On many cards a circle is left unpainted so that some graphics of the original packaging show through. We also often use the reverse side of the cereal box leaving the original graphics intact on the opposite side. After they are prepared, we send most of our cards to United States Business Card Co. for printing. USBC Co. uses old fashion hand operated letter presses which can print on material that does not go through the typical computer printer. You may check out there website if you are interested in business cards made from cereal boxes.
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Light Weight and Surgical Steel Hangers
Being made from paper, the earrings are light weight and comfortable to wear. Ear nuts to keep them from slipping out are provided. They are hung on surgical steel French hangers with ear nuts to help keep them from getting lost.
Shellac protects from Sun and Water
The earrings are coated with Platina dewaxed shellac providing durability and resistance to water. They will survive the occasional drenching; be it a shower, rain storm, or a sudden jump into a pool. Just be sure it does not last more then a few minutes and they have a chance to dry out. Although, shellac has the historical reputation for discoloring when exposed to water, the improved dewaxed products are more resistant to this. Shellac is also resistant to UV light which eliminates the yellowing effect over time and protects the colors in the earrings images. We like the following two reasons best: it is a natural and renewable product, and it has an interesting natural history resulting from interactions between the lac insect and their tree hosts. Shellac does get soft in high heat so if you were to leave a set of earrings touching each other in a hot car they my stick together. If you wish to learn more about shellac please visit Shellac Shack which is our source for this product.
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