More fun with rust, old book pages and random bits-necklace edition!

[alteredmommy]

I like to make weird jewelry out of the crap I am compelled to gather in my travels   Here's my latest pieces...

This one is made of an old watch carcass, a tiny porcelain dresdan doll, text with a rusty key bail



My favourite made out of a piece of steel, cool rusty circle thing, text with a mica overlay and rusty wire



These pendants are made of hand hammered bailing wire, text filled with resin



This one has a neato brass base (some kind of tag?) that has a 5 stamped on it, bailing wire overlay and a rusty star charm



And this one is made from an old camera bulb that I picked up in Atlanta while junking with rackycoo last spring  I made a button bail out of vintage buttons



These were fun to make, I usually have no plan just a pile of crap, E600 and findings

[loves2experiment]

oooh, those pieces are droolworthy!  that second pendant/necklace combo is awesome!  love it!

[thisbirdsabsurd]

Every single one of those is super fun and soooo interesting!!  I never find cool junk like that! (and if I did, I doubt I'd have your amazing inspiration!)  Love them!

[kaz814]

Gorgeous!  I think the first is my favorite.

[HSG]

All are so unique, but the last two really are my favorites.

[alteredmommy]

haha, you can actually buy rusty junk on etsy.  most of it comes from $1 boxes at auctions and from poking around outside the various auto shops in town.  I find a lot of crap on the ground, which is why my kids pretend they are not with me when we are walking around

[MadMadamMar]

Nice!  Interesting use of interesting materials - really nice pieces

[hgddm]

I love these, and you have some of the coolest crap ever! I too love finding crap on the ground...

[alteredmommy]

you must walk alone too   I have an amazing collection of flattened rusty bottle caps from every truck stop/turnout we have driven past but haven't quite figured out what kind of jewelry to make with them...

[HSG]

I find a lot of crap on the ground, which is why my kids pretend they are not with me when we are walking around

So true! Even got my hubby in on the action. I always feel like they are little treasures just waiting for me to find them.