Steampunkish Rings

These Steampunkish rings have adjustable copper bands on them. After they have been adjusted to the correct size I suggest they be coated with clear nail polish so they won’t turn any fingers green!

Eye Earrings

Here are some eye earrings I have created. Thoughts?

They are based off of a photo of my own eye.

Check Out My New Steampunk Photos

Check out my Facebook page, I have uploaded many lovely photos there!
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First Resin Heart

I made this resin heart from the mold I made the other day. I have some interesting ideas for combining resin castings and felt. I’m sure you will be seeing some of that quite soon. The other pieces in the picture came from a store bought mold that I bought last year. This was my first try using that too. I hadn’t intended to use it yet, but I had lots of left over resin from the heart. Are there any ways you would like to see me use these pieces?

First Mold Making Success!

Before yesterday I had never tried to make a mold. I did my best to smooth out the original heart as much as possible before baking it. I am really happy with the way it turned out.

Although I can now make molds of this heart I don’t think it will save me too much production time. I would much rather make my hearts unique and one of a kind. However, I do think this new technique will have some interesting applications.

The grey heart on the right is the original piece. The blue blob is the flexible plastic mold and the ugly multi colored heart at the bottom is their first child. It was intended solely as a test piece and I sort of just randomly squished the colors in it.

First Day of ‘Work’

This was my epic crafting setup for today. I didn’t make my goal of at least two pans of things ready to bake, but the hearts I did make came out very lovely. I’ll continue tomorrow and hopefully make it up to my goal.

Time to Get Serious

I got a new portable folding work table today that I can plop down where ever I like to get some serious work done tomorrow! Perhaps the weather will be nice enough for me to work on the porch. There will be no snoozing about for me, I will get up early even though I’ll be working from home and my goal is to get at least two pans of creations baked. Wish me luck!

‘Explain the change, the difference between What you want and what you need’

Today was a good day! My job has allowed me to rearrange my schedule to better fit around my art. I simply explained that I needed to take Friday off so that I could create at home alone all day without being interrupted and late into the night without having to worry about getting up early the next day. Fridays are typically a fairly busy day at work for me, so I was happily surprised that they would agree to the change. I feel that this is another big step for me. I finally have a full day allocated specifically for this dream of mine. Now I just have to make sure I get my ass in gear and don’t slack off when no one is watching!