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Steampunk Spiral Drop Necklace

This piece is the primary piece this week:

Steampunk Spiral Drop Pendant Necklace
Steampunk Spiral Drop Pendant Necklace

Starting with machine shop scraps, an old necklace I made years ago, and a box of beach glass and random bits:

Old Necklace
Old Necklace
Steel Shavings
Steel Shavings
Stones and glass
Stones and glass

 

First step was to weave the copper wire and gear into a long steel shaving:

Drop  pendant
Drop pendant

Then I moved on to create the center mount with the 3 squared stones and the polished stones

Pendant mount
Pendant mount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I finished the piece, mounted the clasp and tried it on.

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DSCN1174Then I was ready to post it on my Etsy storeDSCN1176