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Gloves with LED and Swarovski Crystal Ring

At night, cupped gloved hands holding a can, the ring glowing between them

I used Swarovski crystals and an LED to make a pair of gloves with a glowing ring.

A coin battery sits at the wrist; snapping the button closes the circuit and lights the LED.

The light is a white LED, with Swarovski beads glued on all around it.
The ring itself simply makes use of the LED's own legs, as they are.

Close-up of the ring itself, showing the bead texture

Sewing the ring onto the glove — Sewing it on with conductive thread, wiring it in as I go.

The LED and the rest are inexpensive, but at 20 yen a bead, the Swarovski crystals end up making it feel surprisingly luxurious.
It's cold out, so I wear it all the time.

Materials: gloves, white LED, Swarovski beads, coin battery

This work's making-of process is also recorded in the original blog post: Read the original post →