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What if you could save data to your earrings?
I've been working on this #Charmware MicroSD jewelry concept for a year+, and (as with the recent LED one), am SO EXCITED to finally pull together some semi-polished prototypes!!

This year, I intend to finally start selling my functional circuit board jewelry – including custom/branded options for these.

Site coming soon at https://charmware.tech 👀

Current info: https://www.notion.so/alexglow/dataCharm-2ae5bc4fe79880368b71f871e3fb6ef4

// #jewelry #FashionTech #WearableTech #chainmail #privacy

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@alexglow@chaos.social · 3 weeks ago

This year, I intend to finally start selling my functional circuit board jewelry – including custom/branded options for these.

Site coming soon at https://charmware.tech 👀

Current info: https://www.notion.so/alexglow/dataCharm-2ae5bc4fe79880368b71f871e3fb6ef4

// #jewelry #FashionTech #WearableTech #chainmail #privacy

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@thief@weirder.earth · 3 months ago

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a beaded hairpiece made by kiamichi for her sister. on an ivory colored background, sits a 3-petaled flower in pink, purple, and red opening beneath the sun in yellow and gold. under the flower are three shiny vibrant green leaves with rolled-up vines extending to the right and left of the flower in the center.

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt · 4 weeks ago

4,000 year old pectoral with necklace, from tomb of Egyptian Princess Sithathoryunet - cloisonné enamel with gold & 372 fashioned pieces of lapis lazuli, turquoise, garnets & other semiprecious stones, flanked by falcons, as symbols of the sun god

It's also a bit stunning ...

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544232

#History #jewelry

An incredibly intricate necklace in red, blue, purple an gold of two birds facing each other, a man kneeling on the ground beneath them.

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II - Middle Kingdom - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt · 4 weeks ago

It's also a bit stunning ...

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544232

#History #jewelry

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II - Middle Kingdom - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.

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@bouncinglime@spanner.works · 2 months ago

ok fedi jewelry folks, a friend loves these natural wood-and-resin-and-bits rings, but I'd like to find someone US-based to buy from.

do you make rings like this? do you know someone who does? please send me recommendations! bonus points for BIPOC/queer artists

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ForestForYou

hashtag soup for reach :
#jewelry #handmade #AskFedi #recommendation

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@alexglow@chaos.social · 2 months ago

New vid! #PCBs I made in 2025, part 1: LED charm ✨
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTH1NuelDig

Finally pulled together a prototype with this little board – one of my new #Charmware set, reviving the series of modular tech #jewelry bits I started back in 2018. Been dreaming of assembling these with elytra and bike-leather, and the day finally came... The board still needs some tweaks (smaller switch etc.), but with my fixed-up #KiCad workflow, those will be a snap. 😸

// #Maker #LEDs #WearableTech

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Alex holds up an earring made with a little black-and-gold board, a blue LED, jewel beetle wing casings (elytra), and upcycled bike inner-tube rubber (which I call "bike leather").

Wearing the earring: the blue LED sheds its light on my cheek and palm.

Instagram

Alex Glow on Instagram: "Part 1! Here's my new LED charm circuit board, built into a piece of jewelry as intended.
A few tweaks are still needed: smaller switch, repositioned LED (so it shines back on your skin – as my guitar pick #PCB earring does), etc. However, I'm really happy to finally have something close to my vision!

I used @kicad.eda to design these, and @pcbway to fabricate both the green/silver prototype and the black/gold version. The earring is made with jewel beetle elytra and upcycled bike inner-tube. Looking forward to making lots of variations on these. 💙✨

🔗 bit.ly/charmware for more info – linked at the top of the original @hacksterio tutorial from 2018, when I started this series before a looonnnng hiatus :)

// #WearableTech #LEDs Maker"

110 likes, 11 comments - glowascii on January 4, 2026: "Part 1! Here's my new LED charm circuit board, built into a piece of jewelry as intended. A few tweaks are still needed: smaller switch, repositioned LED (so it shines back on your skin – as my guitar pick #PCB earring does), etc. However, I'm really happy to finally have something close to my vision! I used @kicad.eda to design these, and @pcbway to fabricate both the green/silver prototype and the black/gold version. The earring is made with jewel beetle elytra and upcycled bike inner-tube. Looking forward to making lots of variations on these. 💙✨ 🔗 bit.ly/charmware for more info – linked at the top of the original @hacksterio tutorial from 2018, when I started this series before a looonnnng hiatus :) // #WearableTech #LEDs Maker".

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@bouncinglime@spanner.works · 2 months ago

ok fedi jewelry folks, a friend loves these natural wood-and-resin-and-bits rings, but I'd like to find someone US-based to buy from.

do you make rings like this? do you know someone who does? please send me recommendations! bonus points for BIPOC/queer artists

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ForestForYou

hashtag soup for reach :
#jewelry #handmade #AskFedi #recommendation

merlin / alex glow

@alexglow@chaos.social · 2 months ago

New vid! #PCBs I made in 2025, part 1: LED charm ✨
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTH1NuelDig

// #Maker #LEDs #WearableTech

2 media

Instagram

🔗 bit.ly/charmware for more info – linked at the top of the original @hacksterio tutorial from 2018, when I started this series before a looonnnng hiatus :)

// #WearableTech #LEDs Maker"

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@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social · 2 months ago

The best holiday gift I could ask for is to meet my sales goal this month so I can start off the new year with no credit card debt. Would really like to avoid interest fees so I can keep putting money back into my business. Every order helps <3

I just listed a new pair of earrings + put a few pairs on sale while inventory lasts, so go snag those before they're gone → https://cvkvlv.com

Goal for December: $2198/$3500

Mvto!! -- Thank you!

#Beadwork #Art #Jewelry #Mvskoke