{"id":99,"date":"2010-07-06T03:17:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T14:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2014-03-03T00:40:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T00:40:37","slug":"solar-system-necklace-in-the-blog-o-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lauracesari.com\/blog\/solar-system-necklace-in-the-blog-o-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar System Necklaces in the Blog-o-Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Solar System Necklaces<\/a> have had a very exciting couple of days!<\/p>\n

I was very excited to discover the recent Planetary Society interview<\/a> about the Solar System Necklace Series<\/a> referenced on the MAKE:zine<\/a> and Makers Market<\/a> blogs, which bounced through TrendHunter<\/a>, Neatorama<\/a>, Woman’s Day<\/a>, and The Daily What<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Make: Solar System Necklace – Each Bead Represents 20 Million Miles<\/a>
\nMakers Market blog: Chain of Being featured by Planetary Society<\/a>
\nTrendHunter: Cosmic Jewelry puts the Milky Way Galaxy on your Neck<\/a>
\nNeatorama: Solar System Necklace<\/a>
\nThe Daily What: Nerdy Necklace of the Day<\/a>
\nA Mirror and a Steady Hand<\/a>
\nThe Photo Stream<\/a>
\nWoman’s Day<\/a><\/p>\n

The post from MAKE:zine<\/a> also revealed a brief mention<\/a> from Dr. Raven Hanna of Made with Molecules<\/a>, who makes wonderful silver molecule themed necklaces<\/a> based on the shapes of molecular structures:
\nThe Road from Maker Faire: Raven Hanna<\/a><\/p>\n

In the discussions following the articles, readers have shared other jewelry projects they have seen that incorporate planets, stars, and other space-related themes. I haven’t seen any other designs that measure astronomical distances, but nonetheless, it was fun to see all the different creative interpretations of this classic, universal theme:<\/p>\n

Fire Mountain Gems’ “Solar System Necklace”<\/a>
\nDelight’s Earthly Delights “Solar Delights #1”<\/a>
\nWonderWonder’s Solar System Necklace in Pomegranate<\/a> (pictured below)
\nThe Inspired Orb’s “Solar System Necklace”<\/a>
\nArtsy Fartsy Lisa’s “Galaxy Necklace”<\/a>
\nRutigliano’s “Galaxy Necklace”<\/a>
\nFree Time Watch referencing planetary orbits<\/a><\/p>\n

There are even a few kids’ activities in a similar vein. A couple of them use proportional data, though with a cruder degree of accuracy:<\/p>\n

The Solar System in Cheerios!<\/a> (looks somewhat proportional, not sure of the unit)
\nChallenger Center for Space Science Education: Solar System Bead Distance Activity<\/a> (this one is vaguely proportional: it suggests using centimeters to represent AU’s)
\nMuseum Astronomical Resource Society: “How to Make a Solar System Necklace”<\/a> (not proportional but cool anyway!)<\/p>\n

Have you seen any others?
\nIf your universe were a necklace, what would it look like?<\/p>\n

\"WonderWonder's<\/a>
\nWonderWonder’s Solar System in Pomegranate<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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