Monday, January 16, 2017

Newly Relisted: Faux Turquoise Gravity Necklace

This time last year I was in the middle of schoolwork and paperwork. This time, things are much more chill (in my life at least—things in the world at large are probably going to get a lot less chill very soon). So happy anniversary you, faux turquoise (dyed howlite) G necklace I put together to decompress! It's a shame no one's adopted you yet. Maybe I need to reshoot some of your photos?

Turquoise physics science necklace sciart teacher jewelry gift
Newtonian Constant of Gravitation Necklace by Kokoba

Otherwise, allow me to reiterate the point I made (one year ago today, actually!) why I have a hard time incorporating G into things, particularly necklaces.
The disadvantage to this particular number is that it's short: it's a physical constant, not an irrational, so it can't go on forever, and even compared to other physical constants I have less to work with it's rather brief: 
Newtonian constant of gravitation: 6.67408: 31 or 32 beads for the digits (depending on the design), and 5 for spacers (if I decide to use them) 

Speed of light: 2.99792548: 55 beads for the digits, and 8 for the spacers (depending on the design) 
Avogadro's number: 6.022140857: 35 or 36 beads (depending on the design) and 9 for spacers (also depending on the design)

so gravity is one of those that ends up being too long for a bracelet, but too short for a necklace. It's good anklet length but who wears those anymore?

Of course, the other option (which I've done on occasion) is to bead a focal piece and then add a chain on either side to make it a comfortable length. A fairly elegant hack, as this allows you to put the entire number on display instead of hiding the first and last few digits on the back of your neck. On the other hand, necklaces tend to slide a lot and so you'll probably end up having to adjust it a couple times a day, or just be cool with the focal point getting pulled halfway up your neck.
Otherwise I tend to stick with bracelets for G, like these:

STEM sciart physics teacher science jewelry gravity bracelet
Newtonian constant of gravitation bracelet by Kokoba

Or this one:

STEM sciart physics teacher science jewelry gravity bracelet
Newtonian constant of gravitation bracelet by Kokoba
If you found me by way of STARtorliast or their booth at AAS 229, don't forget that your discount code is valid all the way until March 31st!

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