1.- The interviewee As we said in the presentation post of this brief interviews series, Hilde Heyvaert is our first interviewee. She is a Belgian fashion & costume designer and editor with a college education and training in Graphic Design. House of Secrets Incorporated is her independant designer identity and, now that her old column, […]
Inspiration
Decimononic presents: ‘Steampunk jewelry tonight with…’
1.- The challenge Have you ever wondered what is steampunk jewelry? Does every jewelry piece hide a story? Is it fashion, is it art, or maybe both? Which trends are arising? We have asked these and many more questions to ourselves and, even though we have already come to some conclusions, we would like to […]
Repurposing of old watch parts by 1880 – Jewelry curiosities by Decimononic
We have ben told recently that using watch parts to make jewelry is nothing original. Obviously we are aware of that, but our use of watch parts has nothing to do with ‘Etsy fashion’. Didn’t you know that victorians themselves did this? As a proof of our previous research: The urge to cut-up and repurpose […]
Victorian ‘secondary jewelry’ – Jewelry curiosities by Decimononic
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 […]
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 […]