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Steph Walker

Practicing sustainability. Running an eBay store. Digging in the garbage to save things. Repairing items. Ph.D. in Soft Materials Science + Robotics
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Colorful plastic tangram pieces that have been turned into earrings arranged on a flat surface.

Vintage Tangram Game Earrings Set

December 26, 2022 in Sustainability
Overhead photo of plastic tangram game pieces arranged in solved puzzle position. The pieces have been hole punched to turn them into earrings.
Plastic colorful tangram pieces turned into earrings arranged around the paper puzzle template.

I purchased these tangram puzzle pieces from an estate sale and even though they were not necessarily worth reselling as a puzzle they were definitely worth repurposing into jewelry! The colorful plastic pieces are partially neon and transparent, each with an interesting faceted surface. The light scratches and wear on the edges of the pieces (including tiny chips in the plastic) speaks to the age of the puzzle (maybe from the 80’s or 90’s based on the Hong Kong label?). They’re a cool set of interchangeable earrings that let you have 7!/(5!2!) = 21 unique pairings. The hooks and rings were purchased pre-owned from a church rummage sale and the hooks are a non-magnetic (I suspect it is brass) metal. Here’s to creative reuse! Now available in the eBay store.

Tags: reuse, jewelry, tangram, neon, style, fashion, art
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