The Story of Renovation Jewelry

Shannon Mallory is a Canadian artist with Irish, Scottish and English ancestry based in the rural, wild Yukon for the past 20 years. She designs and handmakes jewelry using raw materials such as copper and fur. Each piece she creates is an extension of this place — raw, bold, and grounded.

It began in 2019 with collecting old copper electrical wires from a renovation project and giving new life to a repurposed fur hat. Since then, her work has continually evolved. She crafts with copper, hammered by hand and shaped with intention—often reclaimed from discarded electrical wiring or propane lines. She incorporates fur sourced from local trappers and trusted northern retailers, honoring the northern fur economy, sustainable trapping and history of this place. The copper is marked, textured, and transformed into beautiful pieces. The fur brings warmth and softness.

Her work is inspired by the North and rooted in decades of experience with various materials and forms. This jewelry is an evolution of that journey, shaped by experience, respect for tradition, and a deep connection to the North.

Every piece is one of a kind. She does not use molds or mass produced components — just raw materials, her tools, and time. This is slow-made work, created with intention for people who appreciate craftsmanship, texture, and stories held in the things they wear.

Her jewelry is for those drawn to the wild and who carry a love for the rugged, the real, and the rooted. For those who know that beauty can be fierce, and elegance can be weathered. For those who understand that the things they wear should mean something.