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How did Polli start?
After
graduating from university
we were just itching to work
together on our own project,
so started Polli as a hobby in
2002. We started making die
cut polypropylene baskets
(hence Polli) and sold them at
weekend markets. Then we
experimented with making
earrings from the regular
offcuts. Soon the earrings
outsold the baskets and we
pretty
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we talk toMaja Rose and Tess Lloyd
about their sustainable jewellery line
found
started making jewellery in
stainless steel. Before we
knew it we had a few
wholesale accounts and were
taking leave from our day
jobs to do trade shows in
Melbourne. By early 2007
we took the plunge and quit
our full-time jobs. A few
months later we had a team
of five and were on a plane to
our first New York gift show.
It’s been a lot of fun!
Clockwise from top: ‘eco star’
decorations, $34.95; wooden ‘flag’
necklace, $99.95; the Polli girls;
‘wattle’ earrings, $59.95.