Almost a decade ago, I was looking for Christmas presents online and my wife came across an Etsy creator who had come up with a pair of earrings made from some small circular watch movements. I thought it was cool and she bought them. I […]
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Clear Cicada wing with Watch dial
A Cicada wing, coated in resin to make it clear as glass, has an antique watch dial attached to the front. This has a silver bail attached to the back.
Pink Rectangle Waltham
A small, rectangle-shaped watch movement was made by the American Waltham Watch Company in 1928. This movement just has some pink Swarovski crystals attached to the top and a silver plated bail on the back.
Cicada Winged Elgin with Blue Crystals
This antique watch movement was made by the Elgin National Watch Company in 1916. This movement piece has 2 Swarovski crystals attached to one side and a resin-coated Cicada wing on the other side. This has a silver plated bail on the back.
Engraved Waltham with Cicada
An engraved watch movement looks like it is from the late 1800’s. even though the “Waltham” part of the “American Waltham Watch Company” is still visible, this plate had the remaining parts lost as was the piece that had a serial number. This has a […]
First Friday
The St. Louis Science Center has been a center of the city’s community to teach everyone about various aspects of science. When I was young, the Science Center consisted of a single building in Clayton. It was then one building acting as the Museum of Science […]
Gilded Watch Dial on Blue Morpho
This necklace was made using the bottom wing portion of a blue Morpho butterfly. The wing has several layers of resin over it and it has an antique, gold-colored, metal watch dial, attached to the top. There is a thin coat of resin over the […]
Antique Watch on Blue Morpho Wing in Silver
An antique watch movement has been attached to the top side of a blue Morpho butterfly wing. The wing has several coats of resin over it. This hangs with a silver plated bail and chain.
Honey Bees in Watch Case
A real piece of honeycomb, has been placed inside of an antique pocket watch case. Three real honeybees have been placed inside and coated in resin. A second antique pocket watch case, with a plastic crystal, has been attached to the top side. This hangs […]
Golden Watch and Blue Morpho
A real blue morpho butterfly wing has several coats of resin on it. At the top is a gold-colored watch movement. On the back is a silver plated bail and this hangs with a gold plated chain.
Blue Agate with Automatic Watch
A slice of blue agate has an antique automatic watch movement attached to the front of it. This hangs with a silver plated bail and a silver plated chain.
Art Deco Brass and Aluminum Steampunk
This is a necklace made by taking two strips of brass and hammered them by hand on only two sides. A square of aluminum was attached to the other sides and this was joined together, in a familiar Art Deco style. A single, small, antique […]
Antiquarian Couture 