Comments on: Cool ceramic jewelry for scientists, skeptics, and fossil lovers

By: Adriana Heguy

Adriana Heguy — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:17:00 +0000

I bought the tree of life or “Ode to Darwin” pendant, it’s gorgeous! I’ll buy more. Finally, some nice jewelry for the scientist and geeks among us :-)

By: colleenmorgan

colleenmorgan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Fossils are not archaeological. :-/

By: occlupanid

occlupanid — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Our booths were on opposite sides at Maker Faire one year, and I’ve seen her at SkeptiCal as well. Her ceramic work is inventive and stylish, and she is awesome. Also, trilobites are so rockin’ even Robyn Hitchcock sings about them! http://youtu.be/GITreOQOYX0

By: liquidstar

liquidstar — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Trilobytes just look cool. But does this mean we can market geode bracelets to Darwin deniers?

By: Emily Dietle

Emily Dietle — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:43:00 +0000

Oh, I HAVE that bracelet! It was a gift from a dear friend. Plus, nearly a dozen of her necklaces, wearing one today, in fact! It reads, “You Can Make a Difference!” …and you CAN! :)

By: Stephanie Zvan

Stephanie Zvan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:32:00 +0000

Theranthrope, Amy has done banana pendants. If you want one and can’t find one, ask. She’s very good about made to order.

By: Theranthrope

Theranthrope — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:34:00 +0000

Needs more of the ATHEIST’S NIGHTMARE: the Banana!

Look at it, just look at it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A

By: Amelia_G

Amelia_G — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:40:00 +0000

Amy is wonderful! She’s very clear-thinking and reliably sound in discussion.

Amy Davis Roth and mezzosoprano Hai-Ting Chinn (and everyone else) were delightful at a gender and skepticism panel last month, for which I can’t find a video.

By: Neuron

Neuron — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:02:00 +0000

About a year ago I wandered into a local rock shop and bought for $5 a polished fossil of the nautiloid Orthoceras much like these:

http://www.caveofthemounds.com/images/Fossilized%20Orthoceras%20Specimen%209945035.JPGI carry it in my pants pocket every day. The fossil is about 400 million years old. Occasionally I pull it out and look at just to remind myself of how old the earth is, how old life is. It helps maintain perspective. Orthoceras fossils are widely available for purchase.

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:45:00 +0000

That’s funny; I was just thinking about her today. I happened to drive past her old store location in the NoHo Arts District on my way to Dark Delicacies Bookstore.

By: Rich Keller

Rich Keller — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:52:00 +0000

At first, I thought it was Marella splendens, the ’57 Chevy of the Burgess Shale lagerstatte. Marella’s “curb feelers” (librigena?) are much more attenuated, though. I was just reading about trilobites last week.

Oh, do skeptics also have to be empiricists? I don’t have the wherewithal to confirm a lot of that particle physics stuff on my own.

By: Mister44

Mister44 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Ooooo if only I had my fancy trilobite book I could tell you the species on the bracelet.