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| The beyond kewl swirl thingies are from a 1935 royal typewriter. Any of the jewelry on my blog is available for sale. These earrings are on etsy right now! |
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| The meaning of life and everything.. the numbers come from a NCR built between 1950 to 1968. |
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| This is the paper guild from a 1935 royal typewriter. I very carefully shaped it around a mandrel after I cut, filed and sanded the edges. It's so simple but I love it! |
Can I still use the word chic,and be kewl? These pieces are not exactly steampunk.. but they are recycle/ upcycle / salvage / green whatever you want to call them. I'm going to have to figure out what I want to call my stuff... I can't decide. But whatever I call it, it's darn fun! I'm working on a series of faces now from old machine parts... I'll blog that soon... I want to get more of them done first. Here are 3 pieces I've made since the start of the year.
I pick through my baggies of parts ( I'm trying to keep them labeled so I know what came from what.. I've already got a small bag of pieces that I've lost track of where they came from) clean them, seal them when necessary, and then lay them out and think about them. Sometimes I sketch out an idea. I've had the bracelet idea in the last picture for 2 months.. since Jerry and Dan took the typewriter apart. We've since acquired a few more typewriters, so I can make a couple of more. It amazes me how different each typewriter's guts are, even among the same brands. If I ever trip over another 1935 royal typewriter I want it! assuming it was the same style that is.. We have a royal typewriter from the same era ( it's early 1930's but I don't have an exact date for it... the serial # data base doesn't list them just dates when it was made) but it's considerably different in style.
I'm having a blast!! Jerry is having a blast!!! the customer's are having a blast!! I think this is the most exciting chapter of my jewelry making passion yet!
2 comments:
recycled industrial chic mod. I'm not too great on stuff like tags but found a good place that has them. Don't forget mimimalist. There's a place on facebook called B'Sue Boutiques Creative Group. If you want to come join. Under files in that group is a place that shows different tags. Here's a place that may help too. http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2009/seller-how-to-tag-o-rama-with-descriptive-keywords/
OK that's too funny.. I"m already on B'sue's group on facebook! thanks for the suggestion, it's a good one
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