Pyrrha pair powers on: Vancouver-based jewelry brand eyes environmental sustainability, a new studio

When Danielle and Wade Papin first started their company Pyrrha in 1995, there wasn’t much of a “maker’s culture” going on in Vancouver.
In fact, there wasn’t one at all.
“It was very different than today with the whole maker culture,” Wade says. “Now, it seems almost obvious for someone to start making something.”
“It wasn’t like that then,” Danielle agrees.
“Back then, you were either someone who had a hobby, or were