{"id":76,"date":"2010-05-21T22:57:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T10:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2014-03-03T04:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T04:12:41","slug":"astronomy-beadwork-at-maker-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/astronomy-beadwork-at-maker-faire\/","title":{"rendered":"What does your Universe Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project I’m sharing at Maker Faire<\/a> this year is Astronomy Beadwork<\/a>: beaded necklaces that depict the proportional distances of Space.<\/p>\n

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My query for you out there, is “What does your Universe Look Like?”<\/p>\n

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MiniVerse Solar System Necklace – by Laura Cesari<\/p><\/div>\n

In my studies in Art History, I noticed that almost all ancient and modern cultures create Cosmograms, visual representations of the universe as we know it. The Astronomy-themed Solar System Necklace Series<\/a> are decorative Cosmograms, wearable maps of our universe using the sacred numbers of our Solar System.<\/p>\n

I like how using beads conveys the abstract distances of Space in a familiar decorative object. I chose inky black shiny glass beads to represent Space, and stone beads to represent the planets, since they often look like miniature planets themselves.<\/p>\n

How do you visualize your Universe? What would your personal Cosmogram be made with?<\/p>\n

Are we large? small? light? dark? Are we made from stone? glass? metal? marshmallows?<\/p>\n

I would love to hear your thoughts…<\/p>\n

(you can also follow this conversation at Gravity Maker World<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The project I’m sharing at Maker Faire this year is Astronomy Beadwork: beaded necklaces that depict the proportional distances of Space. My query for you out there, is “What does your Universe Look Like?” In my studies in Art History, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}