🌿✨ Uma Ishikawa: You Might Just Find Her Next Door, She Turns Trash into Treasure ✨🌿

Well hello sunshine! ☀️ I’m Uma—your local friendly Renewable Materials Designer with a bit of magic sprinkled on top. 🌎♻️ I am crafting sustainable design by day and by night, I’m the girl who can turn a coffee drip into couture and a plastic bottle into poetry.

🎨 What’s My Oddly Specific Superpower?

I see beauty in things others see as waste!

This journey began when I was 12 years old in my grandma’s attic. I found a broken vinyl record and—bingo—turned it into a lovely necklace. In that moment, I realized that I don't just design objects. I give new life to objects that have been forgotten. 🌀💫

I am on a mission to make sustainability irresistibly desirable. I am not sentimental about sustainability—my secret is playfulness! My designs are not just eco-friendly, they are embodying life. A lampshade from crushed oyster shells? Handbag from upcycled seatbelts? Honey, it’s Tuesday. 💁‍♀️✨

🌸 Why should you follow me?

• I’m a cozy hug you didn’t know you needed! My vibe? You know that feeling of sunlit picnics, cozy mismatched socks, and laughing so hard your ribs hurt? 🧦🌼
• I can show you how to fall in love with this planet—one glitzy upcycle at a time! ♻️💖
• Chaotic fun behind the scenes? Sure! My studio looks like a rainbow just exploded in it, and yes there is probably glue in my hair. 🎨🤪

So, are you ready to join my delightful world? Let’s make sustainability the hottest word in 2025. 😉🌍✨