Lift Lights- Japanese/80's techno feel

I took this picture, fits in well with all my ideas/ thoughts/ concepts. liking the texture of the un-light button. as for the light up button it might as well be one of my brooches.

Name Badge

I found this .... i forgot i had a name.....
its an old piece that I made, it was my first 'computer key ' thought. which had more to do with found objects. But ended up sparking off the revolution....!!!!

Titanium and Platinum Sterling Spin ring /Kind of looks like a bearing

Just been making a customers order of a titanium spin ring that will be pierced out......I'm so organised for once that I've got my friend Mich to write this post for me..... Oh yeah....go team!!!
So the spinning part of the ring is pierced titanium, and the rest is a new alloy called platinum Sterling. The Platinum Sterling is 925 silver, with an alloy of 5% platinum. This alloy is pretty amazing. It has a better colour than normal silver and is extremely malleable.

The ring is not finished yet. I till have to do the piercing, and assemble it properly, But i thought i should take a photo, because when i pre-fitted it like this, it looked like a ball bearing. I thought this was quite cool as I used to use bearings in my work, and made a few pieces that resembled barrings.

Safety Bands for Circuits

These are the safety bands that I used for thier circuits. The top picture shows how the switch is contained in the band. The bands are such a cool florecent colour that I would like to use them for something a bit later on.

Switch brooch process

After making the platinum switch brooch there are a couple of thing that i need to refine. The springing action in the platinum one worked, but if it is attached to a jacket and pressing against the body, it might be more difficult to work. So this has to be addressed. so I am increasing the area of the spring in the brooch to obtain this ability. I am also placing a thin perspex rim around the key to try to help reflect the light better.
In the foreground of this first photo is the electronic latching switch or circuitry that I am putting into the brooch to make it work. I had to cut it down to fit into the key and re solder some of the terminals. I am trying to find out how to make these circuits, but no one is able to tell me what IC (integrated Circuit) is used, or what alternative to use. So for the moment I'm going to have to continue cannibalising safety bands for cyclists.
We spoke today in our class discussion about the process in which we come up with a new idea. I realised that i never finish a piece and then start to try think of a new design. I am always working on more than one thing at a time, and when I get to a point in a piece when I get stuck, usually on a technical aspect, I move on to one of the other pieces. When I come up with a way to sort out the problem of the first piece, I go back to it.

Platinum switch brooch

I've done it! after much research, tests, trials, and allot of burnt SMD's ive finally mannaged to make a working example of my switch computer key brooch. I mannaged to get an electronic latching switch from a safety band, that runners and cyclists wear at night. The switch has three positions; on, off, and flashing. So now when you press the key into the frame, you have those options. This is something that ive been working on for some time now, and to have it finally working is great. This model I made for the Anglo Plat compoitition. The entire visible part is platinum, weighing 10.4grams.
The next task is to find out how to reproduce the switch, as cutting up safety bands is going to start getting heavy on my pocket, and quite wastefull, wich is an isue that i am trying to address by recycling computer components to make jewellery.