How to Make Steampunk Jewelry

Since there is no set way of creating unique piece of steampunk jewelry I will show pieces I have created and describe how I made them...your artistic interpretation will show in your unique jewelry creations.

To adhere metal to metal I hear E6000 or Gorilla glue is one of the best and to cover metal bits I use resin.
Resin TIP: glue gears into place 1st or when you apply the resin they will move around and float into a different position changing your art.

This Steampunk style pendant and necklace was created with a Victorian style frame filigree. I painted the center of it black (acrylic paint) so the various silver watch parts and gears would stand out. I arranged several different watch gears and parts within the oval center the way I liked, affixing them with glue.

Once the glue was dry I sealed with resin. After 48 hrs drying time, the pendant was ready to attach to chain and embellished with a vintage style mini lock and key.

This piece was later re-vamped into a brooch pendant and SOLD on Etsy .

This Steampunk necklace and pendant was also SOLD on Etsy.

Again, I created them with the diamond shaped metal filigrees, placing them end to end and attaching with glue and a brad. I crackled and stained a large watch dial. For added texture and dimension I added an old clock hand.

photo credit: www.greatmusings.com

This Steampunk pendant/necklace. It is still a "work in progress".

Created with vintage watch casing, added gears and parts and matching chain. To finish it off I will add charms or additional watch parts below the main pendant.

I hope you have enjoyed my lens on steampunk jewelry & art.

Maybe you are inspired enough to create some yourself! Happy Creating!

photo credit: www.greatmusings.com

Wikipedia defines Steampunk as "a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used-usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England-but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles or analog computers; these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or a presumption of functionality.

Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement (though both have considerable influence on each other). Apart from time period and level of technological development, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian than cyberpunk, or lack dystopian elements entirely.

Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual craft persons into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk."