May 17, 2012 from misstariana
Have decided to get old watches and things from yard sales, second hand stores... And making steam punk jewelry... Should be easy :p
Creator: Jean Campbell | Crafts & Hobbies - 2010-01-01
Features jewelry designs influenced by steampunk--a growing trend in literature, fashion and pop culture that combines science fiction with the 19th-century steam-power era--projects that largely utilize metal and found objects and are made ...
Superb instruction for a variety of jewelry, polymer clay and mixed media techniques you can use in all your adornment escapades. Let Steampunk Emporium outfit you for the unabashed adventure of a lifetime!
Guitar String Jewelry by Tanith Rohe: Guitar String Steampunk ...
by Tanith
A showcase of my guitar string jewelry. All of my guitar and bass string jewelry is made from previously played guitar strings. Since most guitar strings are made up of more than one metal, for example steel and nickel, they are not able to be recycled. Unless the guitar strings are given a new use they will just end up in the trash, which makes my guitar string jewelry eco-friendly as well as being beautiful and unique pieces of jewelry. I am a S.F. bay area artist who loves to find the beauty in the unexpected. I love to take an object that would appear as trash to another and to turn it into a work of art.
I find my materials in a variety of locations including salvage stores, thrift shops, garage and estate sales, my friends garbage, and the street.
I began making jewelry from found objects 20 years ago when I was in my teens, and I have been making guitar string jewelry for almost a decade.
Colorado Springs Independent (blog) - May 02, 2011
of handmade crafts, from crocheted mushrooms to hand-sewn corsets and bustles to funky, ironic jewelry, all done by locals) and a stage area flanked by flamboyant trees from the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's past production of The Producers.
Jewelry: Steampunk jewelry typically entwines vintage necklaces, pendants and bracelets with so many cogs and gears. To make these, hit the thrift store and the craft shop. "Goodwill and Hobby Lobby also sell cogs of varying sizes and pieces of brass
When bead artist Jean Campbell, author of Steampunk Style Jewelry, taught some classes and provided a lecture on steampunk for the Rocky Mountain Bead Society at Tactile Arts in June of last year, it inspired the crew at Tactile to get all steamed up
General admission to the carnival is $15 and $10 for those in steampunk or carnival. Admission to the market is free. Atlanta's Artifice Club presents this circus-themed steampunk event at the Goat Farm. It includes the Imperial Opus Circus troupe,
She will have about 50 jewelry pieces at Saturday's show. Some of those pieces will be steam punk, also called industrial chic. Half of the proceeds will go to Minnetrista. "Steam punk was a combination of Victorian and screws and bolts," Gard said.