Introduction
Over the years, many different kinds of inquiries reach Galacta. Some are practical, some emotional, and some open questions about the very nature of this jewelry.
Sometimes we are asked how someone can be sure that the jewelry is made from their own milk. Sometimes the question is whether it is possible to use someone else’s milk. And sometimes women reach out offering their milk, believing it could be used as a material.
All of these questions share one assumption: that breast milk is a commodity that can be traded, and therefore that women’s bodies can be treated as resources.
This is why we want to calmly and clearly explain the foundations of Galacta jewelry — why it exists at all, and why certain things are not, and never will be, an option.
Why Galacta jewelry exists
Galacta jewelry was born from the need to preserve something deeply personal and time-limited — the period of breastfeeding. It is an experience that leaves a mark, even when it lasts only briefly, and one that many mothers wish to keep as a memory.
Breast milk, as an inclusion, carries meaning precisely because it is connected to one mother, one child, and one specific period of life. In this context, it is not a material in the conventional sense.
Its value does not come from appearance or quantity, but from the relationship it belongs to. Without that relationship, a milk stone loses its meaning, and the jewelry becomes merely a form or an object.
A relationship of trust, not production
A question that is sometimes asked is: how can I know that the milk in my jewelry is truly mine?
It is important for me to be honest: there is no technical way to prove this, except through DNA analysis, which makes no sense and serves no purpose in this context. Instead, this jewelry rests on something else — trust.
Galacta began from the personal need of one mother who, like many others, wanted to preserve her own memory. From that experience grew a practice in which trust is essential.
Every inclusion is documented, used exclusively for a single order, and archived during the warranty period. But above all procedures stands a simple fact: this jewelry comes from the same place your milk does — from care, responsibility, and respect for motherhood and for women.
Trust that your inclusion is treated with the same care and responsibility with which I would want mine to be treated.
Why “someone else’s milk” is not an option
The idea of using someone else’s milk — whether through purchase, donation, or exchange — is entirely opposed to the very reason Galacta jewelry exists and to the principles I follow as an artist, designer, and woman.
Breast milk arises from a relationship that is, by its nature, selfless. It is the result of care, presence, and love between a mother and a child.
For that reason, turning this love into a commodity — something that can be traded or exchanged — is not only ethically unacceptable to me, but deeply wrong. Such an idea erases the distinction between human beings and resources.
Galacta jewelry exists precisely to nurture and protect that distinction.
Boundaries that preserve meaning
From time to time, women also reach out offering their milk, often with good intentions and the belief that it could serve as a material. Such inquiries are not unusual in a world where almost everything can be turned into a commodity — and where women’s bodies are particularly often objectified.
Galacta clearly sets a boundary: intimate bodily substances are not objects of trade, and women are neither objects nor resources.
It is also important to say this: such a practice would not only be ethically unacceptable, but would also be subject to legal sanctions. Trading in human bodily substances outside of strictly regulated medical frameworks is prohibited, precisely in order to protect dignity, health, and personal integrity.
From time to time we also receive inquiries that are not related to motherhood at all — for example, questions about whether we create jewelry from male bodily substances.
Galacta is a brand devoted to women, life, and motherhood. For that reason, we work exclusively with inclusions connected to maternal memories (such as breast milk, a lock of hair, a baby tooth, and similar personal keepsakes).
Anything outside of this framework is not part of the Galacta world — neither in meaning nor in values.
In closing
Galacta jewelry exists to preserve a personal memory, not to create another market product. Its value lies not in the material itself, but in the meaning it holds for each individual mother.
That is why there can be no “someone else’s milk” in Galacta jewelry — only yours, or none at all.
