Etsy Beadweavers April Challenge Entry - Time Machine

I'm a member of the Etsy Street Team of Beadweavers. Each month a challenge is given for the members with a different theme. I've managed to enter a piece the two months since I joined and really have enjoying doing as it inspires me to create out of my comfort zone.

This month's theme was "Time Machine." Last month's theme was really easy for me but this month's was a little bit more of head scratcher. I pondered on the theme and slowly an idea started to form in the fog. I thought to just take the theme literally and somehow use a watch face in my designs, especially since Steam Punk is such a popular trend right now. I found this wonderful brass clock charm from another seller on Etsy, The Supply Pusher and began to build a bead embroidery pendant around this charm.

As it took shape, the idea of an opulent Edwardian necklace came to mind. What an interesting period of time to highlight, and it has special meaning for me since my home was built during that time. It was "The Gilded Age", a time of beauty, excess and change, both socially and politically, and freedom from the restrictions of the Victorian era. Women's suffrage was taking shape, World War I began and the Titantic sailed on her fateful voyage.



I have sown rows of embroidery around the clock face and also around the accenting stone cabochons and brass stamping.



It is hung on double ropes of antiqued brass chain. And stepping out of my box, I wove beaded beads to accent the chain.



Please visit the Etsy Beadweaver's Blog and starting April 9th, you can vote on your favorite entry. Contest runs through April 15th. Each entry is an incredible work of art and reflects the many talents and techniques of the member artisans. Etsy Beadweavers