Jewelry
EARrings
Created by artist Nadja Buttendorf. She says "price on request," so I guess they are for sale.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 16, 2017 -
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Category: Body, Jewelry
Fish Bowl Fashion
Some examples of fish bowls (with live fish) incorporated into fashion:In 1954, Kathleen Radel created fish bowl earrings containing live guppies.
The Pittsburgh Press - Apr 4, 1954
More recently, London fashion designer Cassandra Verity Green included a goldfish handbag in her "Neptune's Daughter" collection of knitwear.
And finally, there's the Japanese artist Eijiro Miyama who's known for riding around on his bicycle wearing, among other things, fish bowl earrings that contain live goldfish.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 26, 2017 -
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Category: Fashion, Jewelry, 1950s
Goat coughs up diamond ring
And the only thing my cat coughs up is hairballs...
The White Plains Journal News - June 9, 1984
There's a few more details about the diamond-coughing goat here.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 01, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Jewelry, 1980s
Earrings on a deer
Bettie Phillips' fifteen minutes of fame involved her decision to put earrings on a baby deer. It happened back in 1997 when she found a two-month-old deer stranded by the side of a road and "thought it would be pretty" if it had earrings. So she pierced its ears by hand, pushing the posts of two earrings through its ears.Police later found the deer in her truck and charged her with animal cruelty.
The charge was eventually suspended, but she had to pay the $250 veterinary bill for treating its infected ears.
San Bernardino County Sun - July 11, 1997
Asheville Citizen Times - Sep 17, 1997
Galveston Daily News - Nov 20. 1997
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 09, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Jewelry, 1990s
Wedding ring instead of coin
Two examples makes this a recurring theme, though not a frequently recurring one. The theme being: wedding rings used instead of coins.
Tucson Daily Citizen - Sep 15, 1961
The ring - inscribed "Until I die" - was found at the toll booths at Merseytravel’s Queensway Tunnel at around 9.30am this morning.
A Merseytravel spokesman said: "The ring may have innocently slipped from the finger of someone paying to travel through the tunnel.
"But a wedding ring is usually worn on the left hand and people use their right hand to put cash into the hopper."
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 06, 2016 -
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Category: Jewelry
Breast milk jewelry
Texas mom Bridgette Boudreaux has figured out a way to turn breast milk into jewelry, allowing mothers to permanently "commemorate the bond between mother and child." She calls her business JoBri Milk Charms, and she boasts, "You're getting what came from you." She can also add some placental blood to the jewelry, upon request.I have the nagging feeling that we've seen breast-milk jewelry before here at WU, but I searched and can't find it anywhere. So maybe not.
More info at kutv.com.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 04, 2016 -
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Category: Jewelry
Annual Christmas Fire & Ice Sale
A jeweler in DeLand, Florida is, for the third year, holding their Fire & Ice sale. Buy $450 or more worth of jewelry and get a free 12 gauge shot gun worth $270, provided you pass the background check. They have already given away 20 shot guns and have ordered more. Pretty good deal!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 24, 2015 -
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Category: Guns, Holidays, Jewelry
Energy-harvesting jewelry
Naomi Kizhner's jewelry serves two purposes: 1) it's decorative; 2) it harvests energy from your body to charge your various electronic devices.For instance, "The Blinker" gets energy from your blinks. The "Blood Bridge" is more invasive, tapping directly into a vein to power a hydro micro turbine.
However, you can't buy this jewelry because it's really just an art project intended to "provoke the thought about how far will we go to in order to 'feed' our addiction in the world of declining resources."
More at Naomi Kizhner's website. [via The Higher Learning]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 27, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, Jewelry, Power Generation
Smog Rings
Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde has come up with a plan to use "patented ion technology" in order to create the world's largest smog vacuum cleaner. He'll then place his smog vacuum in a Beijing park, start vacuuming up the smog, and turn the dirt and dust he collects into "smog rings." More info at his site.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 23, 2014 -
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Category: Art, Jewelry, Urban Life
Corozo, Tagua, or Vegetal Ivory
Encountering this 1944 ad caused me to do a little research, whereupon I discovered that Corozo or Tagua or Vegetal Ivory is still a thing.
If you want a "Corozo Nut Ring" today, and suspect the 1944 offer is no longer valid, just visit this site.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 07, 2014 -
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Category: Crafts, Jewelry, 1940s, South America, Natural Wonders
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