Archive for July, 2009

The Steampunk Jewelry Cufflinks you see below are no ordinary cufflinks!
I’m afraid there is rather a dark story behind these “gleaming beauties”…a cautionary tale perhaps…
The Cufflinks were originally bought as a gift for her nephew, by a rather stout lady who went by the name of Henrietta Purloin (despite this most dishonest of names, I can vouch for her former fine standing).
As I ushered Mrs Purloin into my gallery to view the cufflinks, the poor lady turned as white as a sheet, swooned and in a trice was lying in a dusty heap upon the floor.
She was quite unconscious!
Eventually, with the aid of smelling salts and the jab of a needle, I managed to usher Mrs Purloin out into the rain, where I slapped her lumpy white face a few times, before she eventually came around.
Naturally, I was of the assumption that the sight of my most wonderful Steampunk Jewelry Cufflinks had caused the poor lady to faint at their wonder, but I was mistaken!
For as she passed into the gallery, she had caught a glimpse of the table I use to house my Steampunk Jewelry and I had gone and left one of the table-legs bare! The scandal!
Please let this misfortunate tale serve as a warning to you, my esteemed friend, cover your table legs at all times.
The last I heard from poor, insane Henrietta Purloin, she was cloistered away in the infernal labyrinths of Bedlam that much maligned madhouse!
I am truly sorry if this tale has darkened your day and as some small consolation, I have posted a picture of the wondrous cufflinks, table legs strictly out of frame…

steampunk cufflinks Steampunk Jewelry and a dark warning indeed!

steampunk-watch movement cufflinks

This little reversible brass bee necklace is one of my more recent pieces and she holds a hidden secret. Her steamy underbelly hints at magical clockwork that might power her iridescent wings to keep her aloft.
Her creation was very involved; I first enamelled the bee iridescent for her wings and her body in black to highlight the Horological collage of vintage watch gears, which are intricately arranged to represent her clockworks. The entire underside is sealed in stages to protect the delicate work in this unique and wearable piece of Steampunk Jewelry.
This piece is currently listed for sale in my etsy shop and I was fortunate to have the Bee recently featured on their front page!

Steampunk Jewelry Clockwork Bee

Steampunk Jewelry Clockwork Bee

I just fashioned this Steampunk Ring in the Raging Furnaces of Hades (or the moderately hot summer of Seattle for pedants).
I love Swarovski Crystals and how they gleam, this one has a hot-pink and topaz Crystal (as I’m sure you can see!) which offsets the rich gold of the watch movement!
This is going for a song at London Particulars, a small remuneration considering the sweltering heat one has to suffer – now back to the furnace I return, handkerchief and clockwork fan strapped to my Top-Hat.

steampunk ring Steampunk Ring Forged in the Deepest Pits Of Hades

Steampunk Jewelry Ring