Moving Steampunk Jewelry...
So, as well as the sculptures, I've been for a while now trying to get some of the jewelry I make to "work". I am not, alas a watchmaker (maybe one day. lol) but I'm fairly good with figuring out things. I wanted to make some jewelry that would move... not just swing, or "be moveable" - I wanted to get the gears to spin.
No shock it took a heck of a while to get it going.

The piece below is going to be the first of 5 or maybe 6 pieces I hope to make. Not only is there the challenge of getting halfway decent bits of pocketwatches but in this case there was "repair" work to be done. The original gears were (like most of the ones I get) rusty and crusted with dirt. Nothing an ultrasonic couldn't help with. Then I took it apart and "polished" the gears. In some cases I've had to replace some of the gears - and that, my friends, is most difficult. In one case - impossible. But that piece will come later. This is the first completed and it took me a while to get the video up. In the meantime I've almost got another one ready. The jewel btw, is amethyst set in sterling silver and set in a gear :D



and the vido... hmf. I'm sitting here wondering if this will work. :: crosses fingers::