This necklace is inspired by recent research about steampunk, a genre of fantasy film, fiction, and art and an up-and-coming trend in fashion and jewelry. It's a little industrial, in an old-fashioned way, with lots of ornamental brass. This piece looks like it was a part of a turn-of-the-century clock, ready to start ticking and clicking at any moment! It will inspire you to get in gear and get moving, with its clockwork-machinery motifs and fun sliding and moving parts.
Required Materials: Square gear stone, accent beads, pendant, rings, toggle bar, jump rings, eye pins, head pins, chain, beads, pearls, dangles. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Chain-nose pliers, round-nose pliers, wire cutters. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Wirework
Finished Size: 22"
Originally Published: Step by Step Beads, September-October 2008