http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/bonzai Questions tagged with 'bonzai' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:58:32 -0800 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:58:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/72956/What%2Dare%2Dsome%2Dfood%2Dsafe%2Dmetals My wife and I went to a craft fair and I was fairly surprised that I didn't see any JellyBean Bonzai (<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jeremiahbritt/227830653/">prototype here</a>) trees there. Everything was giant squids and plushy monsters. Now I'm feeling crafty, but I don't want to kill anyone. I had come up with the idea four years ago and it seemed fairly obvious. With my wife now itching to get our own booth next year, I want to try and make some of the things to sell, using various wires and jelly bean flavors to sell, but I don't want to use a metal that is dangerous and am limited to the types of metal that freely comes in "wire" form.<br> <br> The prototype is made from standard jewelry wire, do you know if it contains lead or heavy metals? Obviously I couldn't use lead solder, but silver solder should work. Are there any brands/metal types/other that I should definitely avoid?<br> <br> Are there other safety concerns with my prototype? <br> <br> I'm not going to mount the final projects on CDs. I'm thinking river rocks or small inverted metal bowls. Suggestions?<br> <br> Oh, and do I have to ask Jelly Belly permission to use their jelly beans, or is there some legalese I can use to say "used without permission"? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.72956 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:58:32 -0800 bonzai craft food jellybean JeremiahBritt