Reclaimed Whimsy

I’ve been a little obsessed with shrink plastic lately. I know I’m late on that bandwagon, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of time with it until I knew I had some interesting way to use it. I started making matchbox shrines recently (for a gallery show, though I should soon have some for the etsy shop) and figured out a way to incorporate the shrink film.

Of course, now that the dam has burst, I’m using shrink film in everything. And, though I have to special order it, I’m looking forward to playing with the ink jet shrink film you can run though your printer. I have IDEAS, you see!

In the meantime, I’ll just keep using my hand-drawn odds and ends, like the wings on this heart, to add special touches to jewelry.

More information on The Necklace of Take Off can be found here!

Sometimes, it really is about serendipity. I have gears and I have watch parts but I hadn’t thought about putting them together until my jumbled up container of supplies did it for me. I was rummaging through a box, looking for interesting bits, when I saw that this gear fit perfectly in this watch case.

Who am I to argue with fate? I found the back to the watch case, secured things with some industrial-strength epoxy, and wrote a letter from Innsmouth to evoke that steampunky, HP Lovecraft feel. Because using a gear that looks vaguely like a sun dial to tell time? Is totally steamy.

There were several different options for chain but this silver link has been one of my favorites lately.