A design graduate from jerusalem, yoav kotik uses mainly beverage caps and scrap metals from different places and cultures and moulds them to create unique pieces of &lsquoprecious metals&rsquo jewellery &ndash connecting their past life with a new and fresh experience. This is not a new idea the people of the south african townships have been making creative use of packaging materials for years but taking it to a higher form is an interesting evolution that forces reappraisal of undesirable waste material something high fashion is often accused of not paying enough attention to.