Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Steampunk Bracelet


Steampunk Bracelet
Originally uploaded by art4mysanity
I love using things in an unexpected way. I had bought this clasp in the sewing section with no real purpose in mind. I wanted to use a mixture of materials in a bracelet to include soft and hard textures. I knew I wanted three sections so I started looking for a three tier spacer when I came across the big copper clasp again. I attached a length of leather to each end of the clasp with copper wire. A copper eyelet on each end of the velvet ribbon secures it to the clasp and the copper chain is attached with jump rings. Larger jump rings were used to attach the charms and there is a smaller jump ring attached to the chain to keep the large jump rings from shifting. The copper bezels are store bought. In them, I used polymer clay as a base and then attached vintage watch faces, gears and charms. Hard and soft elements.

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