Silicon Valley includes three bracelets constructed from recycled tins and vintage circuit boards displayed in a custom made wooden fruit crate. The fruit on the bracelets represents the fertile valleys of California as well as the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of California. California exports both produce and ideas from within its fertile valleys.
Recycled tin containers, vintage circuit boards, 10k gold rivets, aluminum rivets.
Available for purchase or exhibition
Silicon Valley Bracelets are made of post-consumer materials including tin cans and circuit boards, reflecting California’s consumer culture and status as a leader in the recycling movement and green design.
Watch Fabrication of Silicon Valley from California Collection to see Harriete saw and manipulate the circuit boards used for the bracelets.
The “beads” on the bottom of the bracelets are a combination of printed beads on tin and transistors that look like beads.
The fruit crate symbolically represents the historic fertility of California’s valleys bountiful with fruits and vegetables. Orchards that once covered Silicon Valley, now bloom with inventions and enterprising ventures.
A vintage fruit crate label "Great Valley,” served as inspiration for the Silicon Valley Fruit Crate Label constructed from recycled tin cans, and vintage circuit boards.
Valley lettering and valley of vegetables made from computer circuit boards and transiters.
