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He started using the technique of patchwork by using offcuts of leather.

For sure he was a huge innovator and for me is an incredible inspiration for the mindset.

He got some little scraps of leftover scraps of leather

and sat up all night making shoes

so they had shoes to wear in the church for their first communion.

I mean, he was already upcycling his first pair of shoes.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelry,

an author, broadcaster, and the woman who initiated

the role of Jewelry editor at magazines like Tattler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize

they like jewelry, and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales meeting all sorts of people delving into four centuries

of jewellery culture and investigate what's happening now.

Happy New Year.

You can't have failed to notice the results of climate change over the recent holiday season.

For a start, there were the dangerous blizzards in Buffalo and Western New York,

which was battered by a cyclone along the eastern seaboard.

Temperatures soared around Europe in an unheard-of weather event. It's been extreme heat across

a huge area, which is, to be honest, unheard of. So we thought onyles could talk that this was the

perfect moment to talk about sustainability,

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