MOLECULAR SOCCER / BROOCH
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A customized jewel for Helmut Schwarz, physical chemist and President of the Humboldt Foundation, as a present as invited speaker at Rigi Workshop 2013.
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Dimensions / XYZ
27 x 27 x 27 mm / pin lenght 70 mm
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Technology
Lost wax casting
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Material
Sterling silver / Brushed
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Credits
Inspirational photo: NASA/JPL-Caltec.
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Concept
A customized jewel inspired on his investigation on the inclusion of helium within carbon components, which are similar in shape to a football.
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Design / Process
Carbon atoms can be linked in limitless combinations, as the shaped like a soccer ball, also known as buckminsterfullerene. According to its definition, it’s assembled from 60 carbon atoms into a polygonal sphere with 32 faces, 12 of them pentagons and 20 of the hexagons. We generate and fabricate it giving use like a brooch jewel.