New from Made with Molecules artist Raven Hanna, creator of the serotonin necklace: protein jewelry! This is incredibly clever, because the single-letter protein code is a language most biologists speak. You stand a pretty good chance of running into a fellow bio geek who’ll be able to decipher your signals. The above bracelet is the perfect example: if you can read it, you are one!
But the best part – why I love Raven’s work – is that non-geeks will have no clue. The silver shapes are elegant and simple enough to pass as abstract art. After coveting her serotonin necklace for several months, I finally bought one, and I’m so glad I did. It’s much lovelier in person than on her site, and I received a lot of compliments on it – even though most people weren’t quite sure what it was (the neurobiologists knew, the chemists got the general chemical class, and the physicists said, “is that a molecule?”)
Bay Area residents can see Raven’s work in person on Friday October 5 at Feria Urbana in Oakland, or check out her etsy shop.
I love it. I wish I could wear one without looking like (and, well, being) a poser– too bad there can’t be an equivalently coded jewelry line for us humanities geeks. Those “If you can read this, you’re overeducated” Latin t-shirts just don’t cut it. I want geeky AND aesthetic!
I love it