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 [...]
Today I discovered that I’d been mentioned in TWO different places online… My Steampunk Machine Necklace was featured in ceramic artist Elaine Ray’s blog… AND I just found out that I was mentioned in a Rings & Things article about steampunk (click on “Steampunk: The Ultimate in Vintage Fashion” August 2008), along with such notable [...]
I know this has nothing to do with jewelry, but I’m a fan of both Firefly and lolcats so I had to make a few of these!
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Elaine Ray just let me know that I was featured on the Art Bead Scene blog.
It’s an interactive blog for bead artists and jewelry designers, with product reviews, monthly creative challenges, and the latest news about the bead scene.
Elaine herself makes some of the beautiful “pieces of earth” (ceramic pendants) which I have turned into [...]
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"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."
