I just found out that some watch faces and hands were painted with radium in the early 1900’s, to make them glow in the dark. According to a thread I found at the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, another on eBay, and an Australian government website, the radium is not a problem so [...]
I made this piece using parts from a vintage, non-working wrist watch (inscribed “Elgin USA”), wire, beads, watch gears, and a found image of a Victorian style woman in profile. The pendant is coated with resin to help protect it and you, but care should be taken as there are still some small pointy and [...]
Filed under: Steampunk
"Steampunk Style Jewelry" edited by Jean Campbell and published by Creative Publishing international. Released in December 2010.
Jen Hilton also appeared in Issue 13 of Britain’s “Make Jewellery” magazine, in Melissa Hyland’s article “Echoes of the Past."
