Category: Jewelry & Metalwork

NeoPixel Tiara for Birthday or Prom

You can make a crown of light for prom or your birthday this year! A few free-wired NeoPixels make you the cyber-pageant queen.

For this project you will need:

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NeoPixel Ring Bangle Bracelet with GEMMA

Wear a bangle of light! Build a charming bracelet from four NeoPixel rings and GEMMA, Adafruit’s tiny wearable electronics platform. You will need:

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GEMMA Hoop Earrings – NeoPixel Ring Pendant

GEMMA jewelry! The bitty board fits perfectly in the center of a NeoPixel ring for flashy hoop earrings or a charming pendant. Read on to build your own!

Before you get started, follow theย Introducing GEMMA guideย orย Introducing Gemma M0 guide.

Tools & Supplies

Bill of materials (for one pendant– double this for a pair of earrings):

  • Gemma M0 or Original Gemma
  • NeoPixel ring
  • tiny lipoly battery with charger
  • pendant hanger or ear wires/jump rings
  • stranded wire
  • clear thread
  • double stick tape
  • E6000 adhesive (if using glue-on pendant hanger)
  • soldering iron and solder
  • multimeter
  • scissors
  • wire strippers
  • pliers
  • flush snips
  • tweezers
  • helping third hand tool

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Laser-Cut ASCII Heart Necklace

This geeky necklace depicts an ASCII heart, like you’d see in email or text messages: <3! The pieces are laser-cut in Sterling silver, then hand soldered to silver tubes that hang from the 20″ curb chain. The necklace has a high-shine finish and is treated to reduce tarnishing. The pendant measures 1.5″ square, and the two pieces dangle freely with a silver bead between them. This necklace makes a great gift for any special occasion, especially Valentine’s Day. Made with love and lasers in NYC – buy now at the Sternlab store as well as Adafruit and Maker Shed. Discontinued!

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I <3 Milgo Bufkin, they lasered my silver

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The 5000W laser cutter that cut these pieces is the size of a living room.

Firefox Necklace

My favorite browser, in 18ga. Sterling silver, video for CRAFT. To get the foxy template, check out Tobi Leingruber’s Foxbling on Thingiverse

I used rubber cement to affix the template to a piece of 18ga. silver sheet, and used a small saw to cut out the shape on top of a jewelry maker’s bench pin, which is that fork-shaped wooden surface you see in the video. Finish it up with files and a lot of sanding using a flex shaft and slotted mandrel. The same flex shaft can be fitted with any number of tools, like the tiny drill bit I used to drill the pendant’s jumpring hole. I got most of the tools and supplies for this project from Rio Grande, who also buys back my scrap metal.

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Vicodin Ring

Vicodin Ring

In Case of Emergency
Sterling Silver, Vicodin
2009

To go with my Vicodin earrings, here’s a ring with a bezel-set pill instead of a stone.

Vicodin Ring and Pendant

This photo is by Victoria Altepeter.