Did you know that jewelers across England and Europe produced a kind of ‘secondary jewelry’ in order to satisfy the overwhelming demand for inexpensive adornment that arose during Queen Victoria reign (1837-1901)? And did you know that this trend was mainly inspired by the queen’s own liking for jewelry? This secondary jewelry included all types […]
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New video: ‘Decimononic Metalsmithing’
We will never get tired of repeating that our aim is to create handmade fine jewelry pieces inspired by retrofuturisms, biomechanics, art-nouveau, ancient civilizations, XIX Century, industrial culture and steampunk, among others. Obviously one of the best possibilities to achieve this objective is showing you how we work, so we have decided to share with […]
Steampunk raison d’etre: it’s all about values
Steampunk raison d’être Steampunk aesthetics are a strong influence for Decimononic and if you are reading these lines we are probably in the same boat. But, what happens when you try to go deeper? What’s Steampunk at present? Is it a movement, a counter-culture, a subculture, a community, a style? There is no straight answer […]
Decimononic collaborates with Steampunk Community
News Flash! Stay tuned, further information very soon… http://twitter.com/#!/SteampunkComm/status/151794466930425856
Decimononic: Steampunk jewelry with Art Nouveau flavour
As you know, after Romanticism a Realist political and aesthetical ideology prevailed, receiving different names all over the world (Victorian era in Great Britain). From the 1870’s onward, the ideas that history and civilization were inherently progressive and that progress was always good came under increasing attack, questioning of the axioms of the previous age. […]