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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | jewelry |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Holly Daniels Christensen |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | dunejewelry |
Dune Jewelry Inc. is an American manufacturer of jewelry in Massachusetts. It was started in 2010 by Holly Daniels Christensen. Some of its designs incorporate sand collected from beaches or elsewhere. [1]
In 2007, Christensen started making sand jewelry for family and friends, by 2010 she launched Dune Jewelry and served as its chief operating officer since. [2] Over the years, the company's Sandbank– the world's largest– had collected 5,000 samples from beaches, sports venues, trails, mountaintops, historical locations and iconic events from all over the globe. [3] [4] The company's handcrafted products have since been distributed by over 800 retailers worldwide. [5] [6] [7]
Dune Jewelry has donated over $250,000 to charitable organizations since 2010. The charitable causes were mostly of environmental concern, particularly coastal preservation efforts. Dune Jewelry has also partnered with several sustainable companies. [11] [12] [13] [14]
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