Pink Tritium BugYes, another tritium piece and a bug.  Kept this one a bit more conceptual - no

Pink Tritium Bug

Yes, another tritium piece and a bug.  Kept this one a bit more conceptual - not so accurately insect.  She is very cute.  

I started with a pink tritium vial, sealed within a second glass vial.  The legs are lever action earrings - that can be moved, bolted on to a bracket.  The brass top is screwed into a cord cap.  The “face” is a solid brass six sided cabochon.  I screwed a bolt into the flat back and then bolted it on the cord cap on the end.  Finally I wrapped fine gold tone wire around the head/face join to form antennas. 

Please note: pink is one of the least bright tritium tubes.  My camera changed the true colour so I used digital manipulation to correct the colour values.  My graphics/web design skills are still useful.

She’s slightly over 1 ½ inches long, 1 inch wide and stands ¾ of an inch high - excluding her antennas. I was going to sell her as a pendant - and if someone wants to wear her I can attach to to some chain joined with clasps to her wings.  If you need more photos of that - feel free to contact me.  You would have to be very careful wearing her - the antenna are fragile.  Leg bolts might also loosen with movement and may need to be tightened.

The tritium is estimated to glow for 10 to 15 years without the need for a charge or batteries.

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