Love for the Old Magic
Hello and Welcome to MeanGlean
Running a Zer0 Waste operation here. MeanGlean trades in vintage, antique, and repurposed jewellery and accessories.
I suppose that our biggest USP is Uniqueness as, for the most part, the items you will find here tend to be one off's, but sometimes we can find something similar or in the same spirit.
We specialise in silver jewellery, and we love all periods and styles, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Brutalist, Minimalist, Mid Century and Modern, with an emphasis on Quirkiness.
We consider each piece an historical story teller and no small miracle for have surviving to this day.
Most MeanGlean jewellery is As Found, meaning that we love patina, rust, natural weathering and ageing. Any work that time and use has put in, we are here for it, so do expect charming imperfections, as we consider them to be evidence of a rich existence.
We also repurspose any vintage or antique item that might lend itself to jewellery and we create new One Of A Kind pieces. We love clobbering together pieces of broken chains to make a composite, or collecting themed charms to tell a story via a bracelet. We also have a soft spot for wearable art, and multi-purpose items; if we can have a beautiful necklace that can also peel fruit, then we are game.
A strong drive for us is the desire to reduce, re use, and recycle, not only for the jewellery itself, but also the packaging and gift wrapping. We use all kinds of pre loved materials, all clean and pretty, so you will probably get something different each time, but every time it will have the same MeanGlean touch :)
We endeavour to avoid plastic as much as possible, we even found a good plant based sellotape and we are over the moon about it.
When you buy from MeanGlean you are buying not only a small piece of History, but also giving them a second life and thus, helping us on our mission to save the world!
All of the above ethos is also applied to our sister shop of creatives supplies titled MeanGlean Alchemist, and you can find it here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MeangleanAlchemist?ref=search_shop_redirect
We welcome any queries, hints, and tips, so please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
and please, do have a peruse :)
