• go to the eshop on the website (soon)
• use the contact form or the email
• during an exhibition or a market

An order is considered final after paiement reception, except if there is a previous or a specific agreement.

Important: Sun Sargassum is NOT on Etsy or Amazon, or any other marketplace!

• NO! I am not and do not sell on Etsy
  • Their promotion of questionnable products (ultra fast fashion, products of a dubious quality, items linked to criminality, etc…) goes against my personnal values. 
  • Etsy’s policies regarding artisans is abysmal (fraud, fees, etc…)
  • They authorise counterfeiting and do nothing to stop it.

• Yes, I use social medias but not too much. 

Let me explain: these apps are based on algorythms that are mostly promoting content creators and not artists or artisans. As a user, I understand that if I want to have a chance to get picked by the algorythm, I should spend my time posting, making reels and stories several times a week… 

Thus, I would have less time to do my actual job.

I do post when I have things to show or say but that’s it.

I do however promote my work with AD tools.

I mostly use Instagram and Facebook.

Yes I do. You can contact me using the contact form of the email adress to check for availability.

• All of Sun sargassum jewelry is made by me, Mary, in my workshop, in Brussels, Belgium. Sun sargassum is the name I chose as an artist 
• I also do the casting of the pieces, except for a couple of specific pieces required specific technologies.
• What cannot be done by me in my workshop is done by other Belgian artisans (example: stone setting because it requires machines that I do not own.)
• I work in 3D for pieces that need to be perfectly reproduced. I print my 3D models with my own printer. 

The price of a piece of jewelry reflects:

• The price of the raw material used (silver, gold, brass, bronze). Precious metals like silver and gold are more expensive, and it got worse these last few years, while brass and bronze price is stable and low.
• The semi precious stone(s) or the carved amber used in the design
• The time spend on the jewelry piece, as in
  • the design
  • the making
  • the finishing touches  (gilding, patina, etc…)
• Outsourcing is there is any  (example: stone setting)
• The packaging
• The general fees  (tools, consumables, machines, etc…)
• And the VAT if/when it has to be applied.

No. And I am against the use of IA for these things. I believe IA is bad for artists, artisans and creativity in general.

I do everything myself: pictures, texts, edition, etc… 

I try to give a realistic idea of the jewelry I make and I prefer taking pictures in a natural environment or worn by a model. 

For the pictures done in a box, I prefer using a black background except those made for the eshop, where I can eventually use a background of another color or a short vidéo. 

• The easiest is to refer to the size of a similar ring or bracelet you own.
• You can also mesure your finger or wrist’s circumference with a thread that you copy on a ruler or with a tape measure.
• They are also small plastic tools for ring and bracelet sizings that you can find on the internet.

• For the rings:

Common sizes for rings are:

1. for womens
   • de 50 à 55 for most fingers
   • de 48 à 50 for thin fingers
   • de 56 à 60 for bigger fingers
2. for men
   • 58 à 62 for most fingers
   • 63 à 66 for bigger fingers

To check:

• A thin ring is worn at the finger exact size.
• A bigger ring often needs 0.5, 1 or 2 sizes bigger to be more comfortable.
• Some people have fingers with bigger joints and might require half or one ring size bigger.  

A ring must be comforrtable to wear and must not move unexpectably on the finger.

• For the bracelets:

Your exact measurements, 

for open bracelets or bracelets with fasteners:

• your measurement + 0,5 cm if you want it to be fitted
• your measurement + 1 à 1,5 cm if you want a bracelet that will move with your movements but stays close to your wrist.
• your measurement +1,5 à 2,5 cm if you want it more loose

For rigid bracelets such as cuffs, without opening, you will have ot measure the largest part of your hand when your thumb is curled up on your palm. 

This measurement will make sure your bracelet can be put on your wrist and that it will not slip when you move.