Après Ski Jewelry

Après Ski Jewelry was started by me, a curious artist-builder-skier named Heather Mullins. I have run my own art, design and furniture business called Relevant ReUse for over a decade with a mission of keeping materials out of the waste stream while still creating functional objects. I design and build custom furniture, accessories, children's play features, and environments out of reused and recycled materials. Through this process, I have found that small scraps and off-cuts of interesting raw material are actually quite beautiful and can make great jewelry.  Pieces of skis are by far the most interesting of these and making jewelry out of them has become the main part of my business. I love that I get to blend my passions in life; the outdoors, the environment, art, design and entrepreneurship. Ultimately my goal is to save objects from going into the waste stream and to inspire others to look more closely at materials and what their second life could be before throwing them away.  I live in Golden, CO with my husband and toddler.  I graduated with my MFA  in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008 and BFA from Montana State University in 2005.