Author: Simon

Until December of 2021, we sold products like plated molecule jewelry that we made in bulk in China and then shipped worldwide from Switzerland. For 2022 we re-examined our business and asked ourselves: what do we really want to do with Molecule Store? What do we want the brand Molecule Store to stand for? Cheap China-made chemistry jewelry?
The decision was then reached, that we want to stand for sustainable, great quality, very very nerdy science jewelry, and t-shirts.
That’s why we now make almost every product we sell on-demand. This way we can reduce waste, have a great quantity of different high-quality products made much closer to you (printed in Europe, UK, USA, etc.). This also reduces shipping distances, and we are still able to offer you great value for your hard-earned money.

In short: great for nerds like you, great for nerds like us, awesome for the environment!

We used the change to better quality jewelry and refreshed our best-sellers like our serotonin molecule ear climbers. Now you can get a variety of molecule ear climbers, like DNA, oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine, which you can now mix and match. Check it out: new serotonin and dopamine ear climbers

You can read more about why we changed to made on-demand at Molecule Store.

Our product line now includes Science jewelry (rings, necklaces, earrings, and ear climbers), science jokes and molecule clothing (t-shirts, hoodies, leggings), and periodic table accessories like tapestries, and clocks, towels, etc.

You might now ask: “Science jewelry made on-demand, how does that work?”
We have spared no efforts to give you an insight into how we make our products:

How we make our science jewelry on demand

1. Your science design is printed in wax using a specialized high-resolution 3D printer.
2. This wax model is put in a container where liquid plaster is poured around it. When the plaster sets, the wax is melted out in a furnace, and the remaining plaster becomes the mold.
3. The metal of your choice will now get molten, poured into the mold, and set to harden.
4. The plaster is broken away, revealing your new science jewelry. The piece is then carefully cleaned and hand-polished. If you have ordered something in plated brass, then your piece will get electroplated with 0.25 microns of gold.

How we make our science t-shirts on demand

Our science t-shirts, mugs, leggings, etc. get made by employing a variety of printing and methods. So if you order your periodic table clock or your periodic table leggings, we first print the periodic table on paper (clock) or sublimate the fabric (leggings),
then we cut and sew the leggings, the clock gets assembled.
For our chemistry and science t-shirts, we use Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing technology. This way we can print directly onto the t-shirt using environmentally friendly water-based inks.
All the ink we use for our science apparel is Oeko-Tex™ certified, which means they are safe to print on children’s clothing and reduce environmental waste.

You can read about how we make our products in more detail on Molecule Store.