I know it’s been a long while since I have last posted. So to make up for my absence, I want to share with you a few of my favorite science-themed crafts I have created in the past.

A DNA-adorned wreath depicting a virus infecting a bacterial cell:

A fun interpretation of the periodic table in the form of a postcard:

And finally, a nerdy piece of wall art inspired by the amino acids:

Hopefully that delighted the nerd in you all! There is certainly more to come! As a little preview, I plan to work on a cuff bracelet as inspired by this post. I’m not sure on the design yet, but the gorgeous embroidery work on Kootoyoo.com certainly reminded me of DNA!

Here is a much smaller scale craft I’ve done. These were made for a “Science/Math geek” swap on Craftster. There was one more small item that needed to go into the package so I decided to experiment with beads. Beads are small, right?

Hm beads are pretty but this was a science swap! How can beads be science-y? What looks like beads in science? Test tubes don’t look like beads….Bacteria doesn’t look like beads. Proteins don’t either (well in some cases they do). Hmmm.

Here is a list of the qualities beads must have:
1. A hole all the way through.

Though not round, pipet tips match the extensive qualifications of a bead (see above) and if worked right can look surprisingly elegant!
Behold: pipet tip earrings!

The top is a ready made earring finding. I added a bead at the top, then through the inside of the pipet tip a spiral of wire, lending visual interest to the cone and ending in another bead drop.

When in this setting, who would have imagined that these items can be so dangerous when shot off the end of a pipet at your fellow lab mate?

I mean, what? I’d never do such a thing. Here, look at these pretty earrings.

Both photos were taken by my wonderful swap partner known on Craftster as “whenfishfly”.