Welcome, Jewelry-Loving Jezebels!

Impurity Culture benefits those who want to take ownership of their past, turning a relic of oppression into a personal symbol of freedom.

Jewelry artist Ali sitting in her workshop, wearing an olive green jumpsuit and showcasing a colorful tattoo on her upper arm. She has a confident expression, with jewelry tools and equipment visible in the background.

The Artist

Hi, I’m Ali!

I’m an artist, professional jeweler, and metalsmith who grew up in purity culture. I began creating this body of work to process my own deconversion and sexual reclamation in 2021. This project isn’t just for my healing - it’s for all of us who’ve worn the jewelry of a specific kind of oppression.

Jewelry artist working at her desk with various tools and wax molds.

What is Impurity Culture?

Redefining What Was Lost

Impurity Culture is more than just a jewelry line—it's a mission to reclaim and reimagine the purity rings of our past.

By working with each person’s story, I ensure that each piece symbolizes a unique journey of transformation, offering a new purpose to what was once hidden away.

The Jewelry Making Process

  • Close-up of a jewelry artist's hands shaping a green wax mold with a metal file, focusing on the detailed work in the jewelry-making process.

    1. Sculpted in Wax

    Using a combination of hard and soft wax, we meticulously carve, file, fuse, and sculpt a wax version of the jewelry piece to be made.

  • Orange sapphire set in a wax ring for lost wax casting with stones in place

    2. Stone Setting

    Unlike most jewelry with stones, we cast our impurity rings with the stones set into the wax. The molten metal flows around the stone inside its mold during casting, creating a more organic and secure setting.

  • Jewelry workshop setup showing a melting crucible with green flame and a torch, surrounded by tools and materials. A hand holds a tool over the crucible in the metalworking process.

    3. Casting

    The finished wax ring gets buried inside a plaster mold and burns away in kiln, leaving negative space around the stone. We then melt metal in a crucible and pour it into the plaster, creating a metal version of what was formerly wax.

  • Modeled photo of a sterling silver cast vulva "impurity ring" with layered petal focal and small periwinkle sapphire center. Yoni ring made by Alison Jefferies for Impurity Culture Jewelry.

    4. The Final Product

    After casting, heavy cleanup of the metal, and final polishing, the jewelry piece is finished and ready to meet its proud new owner!

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