Origin of products

This is a list of the countries of origin and/or procurement of the products sold in the online store, as well as the materials used to make the products. The country where it was acquired from is mentioned separately if it is different from the country of origin.

The exact country of origin is not known for all products, or it varies (in Asia, for example, Vietnam, Korea, or China). We will do our best to clarify this information and find replacement suppliers if the information about the origin is not disclosed.

Chiaro Hobbyhorses strives to be responsible and sustainable by choosing high-quality, durable, primarily Finnish and European materials, as well as operators for purchasing materials. Materials are primarily purchased from small entrepreneurs and smaller companies, if possible.

We use a lot of recycled materials to make some tack, purchased from recycling centers, such as metal parts, ribbons, artificial leather, and fabrics.

*We also use materials that I have received from, for example, my parents, grandparents, or my spouse's grandparents. This way, the materials already purchased will not be unused and wasted. The origin list has been made according to these brands and will be updated when these received materials run out.

The hobbyhorses and tack themselves are made in Finland, by hand at Chiaro Hobbyhorses from the materials listed below.

Materials (both used to make the products and materials sold in the shop):

Aluminium tape (handmade bits): Germany, acquired from Finland

Buckles: Unknown, acquired from Finland

Clasps: Asia, acquired, and designed in Finland 

Craft foam: Unknown, acquired from Finland 

Double-sided tape (stick attachment): Unknown, acquired from Finland

*Elastic band: Czech, (Prym - What we stand for), acquired from Finland

Faux fur: Austria and Italy, acquired from Estonia and Finland

Faux leather: Spain, acquired from Finland

Fleece: Turkey, acquired from Finland 

Hot glue (used to assemble tack): Germany, acquired from Finland

Markers (hobbyhorse shadings and colorings): French, Korea (Winsor & Newton - Sustainability), acquired from Finland

Metal bits: Asia, acquired from Finland

Microvelboa: China, acquired from Finland

Nail polish (hobbyhorse eye whites): Switzerland, acquired from Finland

Name tags: East Asia, acquired from Finland 

*Needles: Czech (Prym - What we stand for), acquired from Finland

Non-slip webbing: Austria, acquired from Estonia 

Nylon: Austria, acquired from Estonia   

*Paints (painted eyes): Unknown, acquired from Finland

Paper (paper patterns): Finland

Pencils: Germany and Thailand, acquired from Finland 

Pins: Czech (Prym - What we stand for), acquired from Finland

Plastic bag (polyfill packing): Poland, acquired from Finland

PLA filament: The Netherlands, Czech, acquired from Finland 

Polyfill: Finland 

Rhinestone chain: Unknown, acquired from USA

Rings (keyrings, D-rings): Asia, acquired from Finland

Ropes: Poland, acquired from Finland

Sewing threads: Germany (Gütermann - Environment and sustainability), acquired from Finland

Sheepskin fabric: China, acquired from Finland

Snaps and ring snaps: Czech (Prym - What we stand for), acquired from Finland

Strass: Sweden

Velboa: Turkey, acquired from Poland

Vlieseline: Germany, acquired from Finland 

Wooden stick (stick): Finland

Wire (handmade bits): Finland

Yarns: Finland and UK (Novita company), acquired from Finland

Packing materials:

We're using as many recycled and reused materials and environmentally sustainable packing for sending orders as possible. We reuse all the packages and packing materials we receive while buying materials to make our products. We also reuse my family's and my spouse's family's boxes and packages. Reused packages are most often cardboard boxes, shipping bags, ziplock bags, and sometimes plastic shipping bags (which we don't purchase as new at all).

Bubble mailers: Eastern Europe, acquired from Finland

Bubblewrap: Sweden, acquired from Finland

Cardboard boxes: Europe, acquired from Finland 

Envelopes: Finland and Poland, acquired from Finland 

Packing paper: Sweden, acquired from Finland

Paper (shipping labels, packing slips): Finland (Sustainability at Canon)

Shipping bags: Europe (Posti - packages), acquired from Finland

Tapes: Italy and Belgium, acquired from Finland 

Thank you stickers: Sweden, manufactured and acquired from Finland

Ziplock bags: Finland

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