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Geek jewellery

Project | Article by Maarten Tromp | Published , updated | 266 words.

For my girlfriend wife ex wife friend I have made some geeky jewellery gifts over the years.

Earrings: IC, StarTrek, dice, teapot, light bulbs and a processor pendant
Earrings: IC, StarTrek, dice, teapot, light bulbs and a processor pendant

The first set of earrings I made her shortly after we met. It is made of ICs (Philips HEF4027BP, dual jk flip-flop) from the parts bin. The legs are cut short to prevent them from getting stuck in your clothing. The hook is on a bit of thin solid-core wire that just fits between the IC body and the legs. Unfortunately it tends to bend.

Later, when we realized (and admitted) we are both Trekkies, I made some StarTrek TNG (The Next Generation) logo earrings for her birthday. These are cut from FR4 PCB material, since that was the only suitable material I had lying around.

Next pair of earrings are two sets of d6 dice I made for Sinterklaas (Dutch holiday). Since she is a role player and general board game player, this seemed only logical. The dice were sourced from Ebay.

Since we both drink a lot of tea, I started looking for tea cup or tea pot related pendants. When I found some on Ebay, I made those into earrings again.

For our wedding I got a bright idea and made some earrings from bicycle light bulbs.

The most recent addition is a birthday present. It's a processor pendant (Motorola MC68HC000FN20, 32-Bit MPU, PLCC86) to go with the IC earrings.

For Christmas there are some tiny Christmas balls.

Since I'm fond of chandeliers, a pair of doll house chandeliers.

And finally a pair of ghosts for Halloween. Unfortunately those are a bit on the heavy side.