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THE STORY BEHIND ELLA'S COPPER

More than jewellery

Hi, my name is Ella.

I didn't set out to build a brand. I set out to understand something I couldn't explain. For thirteen years I worked alongside an occupational therapist, fitting splints and aids for people whose joints had stopped cooperating, knuckles that wouldn't turn a jar lid, fingers that swelled by evening. One patient, in particular, stuck with me. I'd been seeing her for six years, and she'd nearly run out of hope that anything would help. One day she told me she'd read something about copper and figured: what's the harm in trying. She wore a bracelet every day after that. I can't tell you the copper did it. What I can tell you is that over the months that followed, she seemed lighter somehow, quicker to laugh, more confident reaching for things she'd avoided. I'm not a doctor, and I won't pretend I have an explanation. But it was enough to make me curious. Curious enough that in the evenings, after work, I started teaching myself to shape copper by hand, just to understand what I'd watched happen.

Why I do it this way.
Every piece in the Ella's Copper collection is designed by me and made entirely by hand, in my own workshop, forged only after your order comes in. No machines. No plating. No shortcuts. We use 99.9% pure copper, melted and reshaped one piece at a time. It takes a little longer to arrive. That's because someone is making it for you, specifically, right now, not pulling it off a shelf. I started Ella's Copper because I couldn't stop thinking about what I'd seen in that clinic, and because I wanted to make the thing people quietly kept reaching for. I'm sharing it because I don't think I should keep it to myself. I hope the copper treats you well.

— Ella