My first attempt at steampunk jewelry.

[hippywife]

I've been posting my jewelry making projects here since I started it, selling in the DU Marketplace, but I've always thought steampunk is a really fun look. So I made these yesterday with soldering assistance from my husband, along with a little design input since these are for his daughter's birthday. She lives in Denver with her mom and I don't know if she likes steampunk or not, but she is very artsy, not so frilly, so we're thinking she might like these.

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Those are great! It's not a style I wear, but I can think of a few younger

family members who would really like those.

[hippywife]

2. Thank, Granny!

Appreciate it, sweetie! How are you all faring over there next door? :hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

4. The sun is shining, which is a definite plus. Our temps are supposed to

be up in the 50's and 60's for the weekend, so that should do away with all the snow. This has sure seemed like a long, gloomy winter season. I hope this is the last of the snow and other yucky stuff.

[hippywife]

7. Same here on all counts!

:hi:

[suninvited]

3. Those are very nice looking

and from what I see the steampunk is VERY sellable. I do a lot of stuff with polymer clay and have been looking at some of the steampunk stuff with envy and thinking about trying my hand at some.

[hippywife]

8. It is a fun look, but...

let me tell you it took me no less than 7 hours to design and construct those earrings. I'm sure others will go faster, or at least I hope so! :hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. I think you nailed the flavor of steampunk.

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And I just don't think you can go WRONG with steampunk. Even on this site -- not the
most trend-driven gathering... the reaction to steampunk seems to be not "Eww', but
"I wish I could afford that".
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You may not be able to make them FAST enough. Let us know.
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One thought (and you may want to address this when you market them): They look
really, really heavy!!!

[hippywife]

9. Thanx, MFM...

I hope you are correct. And they aren't too heavy at all. Most of the parts come from vintage pocket watches and are unbelievably tiny and delicate. :hi:

[Bucky]

6. The perfect complement to a lady's leather flight jacket and giant goggles.

Of course the new thing is Diesel Punk... sci fi re-engineering set in the 1930s-1940s.

[hippywife]

10. You know,

I'm always just on the shirt-tails of all of these new trends. Guess that's what happens when one gets old. I rely on all the young whippersnappers here at DU to keep my up on all of this!

:rofl: :hi:

[nolabear]

11. NICE! Love the "found object" industrial look.

I was trying to explain Steam Punk to someone the other day. Could have shown him these.

[hippywife]

12. Yeah, I've had to explain it a few times lately myself.

I just tell people it's a mix of vintage and contemporary, some light tech, also known as neo-Victorian. That seems to do it.

Thank you so much, nolabear. :hi:

[hippywife]

13. I do need someone to explain

the octopus to me, though. I just don't get that one and what it has to do with steampunk. LOL :hi:

[Bucky]

14. "The Octopus in Steampunk" sounds like an undergraduate English major research paper

The industrial age, where steampunk's roots lay, was obsessed with octopi. Rockefeller's oil empire, German militarism,
Japanese expansionism, Chinese emigration, drug rings, political machines, California's railroad network, and a
number of other monopolistic trusts got compared to this supposedly malevolent and all-grasping sea creature.

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Ironically, while western literature has always made octopi a creature of evil lurking in the depths, in Japanese tradition,
the octopus is seen as an emblem of vanity & silliness.

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Of course all cultural things Japanese end up turning into sex fetishes.

ew!

I should probably warn you that this post runs a little thick on images. If you're on a dial-up line,
please don't have clicked on this response.

[hippywife]

15. Ah, I see.

Thanx for that, Bucky. :hi:







I loved your dial-up warning placement, too, BTW. :rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Love it!

:thumbsup:

[hippywife]

17. Thanks, sweet D.

:hug:

[Kali]

18. COOL!

clever!

[hippywife]

19. Thanx, kali!

They are really cool. I love them! Might have to make myself a pair after I get some of these custom orders for others knocked out. :D

[hippywife]

20. Shameless self promotional kick for the evening crowd. LOL

Just because I love these more every time I look at them. :D :hi: