Saturday, November 20, 2010

Adventures in History


We had an amazing time at the Victorian Fete this morning. Were very excited (and a little nervous) to have our first stall ever ... but it was lovely to be able to talk to people about our work. Thank you so much to everyone who has taken an interest!


The morning was sunny, and the amazing costumes and stalls made the atmosphere great. Unfortunately about 1:30pm it began to bucket down rain! We made some rescue runs to the car with our gear, bur quite a bit got wet (I fear that our carefully painted sign is irrepairably damaged!) We ourselves got particularly wet... it turns out that victorian skirts aren't made for dashing through puddles!

We also enjoyed meeting some local Steam-ers, and got a big buzz from seeing our jewellery displayed in the AWESOME steampunk exhibition in the Forrester gallery. They have some incredible steampunk art - well worth a look

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Victorian Fete




We have been steampunking up a storm in the last few days! We now have over 90 unique jewellery items to take to the Oamaru Victorian Fete this weekend.

We are VERY excited to don our costumes, and sell our wares! Also excited to meet up with a few fantastic steampunkers from the bustling Oamaru community, including Prof Damotimus Tipotus who is opening his steampunk gallery ('The Libratory') tomorrow! We are planning to have items in The Libratory (both for sale and display) very soon.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

For Olivia

This is the piece I made for my beautiful sister-in-law, whose 21st birthday was just a few weeks ago:


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

New treasures

At last, a new batch of our beautiful adornments have gone up on trademe. You can find them here: November Nostalgia

But for now, a small sample just for you...

DAMASK BLUSH



Thought we'd try something new...A bright new bloom with a difference. This blushing fabric rose has - a unique centrepiece consisting of a delightful vintage watch movement, set by artists with intricate cogs and a sparkling stone.

This brooch makes use of all vintage and upcycled parts: a cheerful flower for a classy dame with the flavour of forever wrapped inside.




ELVEN ARISTOCRACY



A gorgeous ring, created dually in the tones of the deep mystical forrest and the finest starlight-silver. A large silver filigree base, set with a vintage watch movement, perfectly circular, with all it's hidden wonders peaking out. Set with two sparkling gemstones - a larger emerald green stone, and a smaller sparkling clear crystal. Set on a silver semi-adjustable ring base.