I got the chance to stand up on stage at Maker Faire Bay Area 2025 to talk about my "casually glowy" projects and how I think about designing jewelry with LED elements.
Gillian Mutti at Make: Magazine generously wrote up a short article about that talk, and one sentence perfectly resonated with my intended throughline:
Each example reinforced her thesis: light is a design material with the same expressive range as metal, fabric, or stone.
I couldn't have said it better myself. Check out the full article below:
When Jewelry Glows: The Art and Science of Wearable Light
What if your necklace pulsed with your heartbeat? What if your ring glowed a different color depending on who was nearby? At Maker Faire Bay Area, Charlyn Gonda invited us to imagine and build.Charlyn Gonda occupies a rare intersection: she is simultaneously a maker, a coder, and a jewelry artist. H…
Gillian Mutti
And watch the recording of my talk right here! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽