This blog post has a double purpose: First, recommend you this excellent presentation about Steampunk by Marcus Rauchfuß. Second, express our gratitude to Marcus for his continuous support. Marcus dedicated one of his podcasts to his lecturing experience at TU Dormund (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany) in June 2013. As you probably know, he is […]
The Shikra Pendant by Decimononic: Making-of
We have previously spoken about the inspiration of our Shikra Pendant, but we have not shared with you its manufacturing process. Did you know that an apparently simple result like this requires some ‘geometrical magic’? The reason is that setting a watch movement like this one is not so easy as it could seem because […]
‘The Snowstorm’ by Unwoman – A Singular Soundtrack by Decimononic
Performer Erica Mulkey (aka Unwoman) is a solo musical artist from San Francisco, California. She began playing cello at nine years of age and piano at eleven, and also plays cello banjo and theremin. Thanks to her personal style, she has self-produced eight solo albums and recently completed her seventh successful Kickstarter campaign. As we said […]
Scottish brooch with a Falcon’s Talon – Jewelry curiosities by Decimononic
We have previously spoken about the artistic use of natural motifs during the Victorian era (let’s remember this short blog post about flora and fauna in Victorian jewelry featuring an astonishing hummingbird brooch, for example). Artists in general and goldsmiths in particular benefited from this, leaving an amazing legacy behind. In addition to this trend, […]
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… Aleksei Sigaev
1.- The interviewee Aleksei Sigaev is a master jeweler who lives in Moscow. He is a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the winner of the National Competition in Jewelry Design “Golden Constellation” 2002. In addition, he is very well known for his ‘modding’ skills. He is an active member of […]