Artisan Clay: The Clock and Dagger

This month, Kristie sent us buttons.....buttons....wha??

To be fair, she let us pick our poison, and I chose the long skinny blue button right in the center of this picture. (I suppose I was feeling a challenge)

Here's my creation:

I must say, I love the way it came out. It's very Pirate Steampunk-ish.

Kind of a cross between Sherlock Holmes meets H.G.Wells meets Jack Sparrow.

I took Kristie's button, sawed and distressed two thin sheets of copper, riveted them to the two center holes of the button and then riveted them together along the outside.

The center is a clock gear and a watch hand (both of which spin!) and I hung it from the outside rivets with a couple of Elaine Ray beads that were hanging around in my stash and some deep copper chain.

I wasn't planning on listing it, however, if you know you'll be shopping this Christmas for a Steampunk Pirate and want to pick up a funky necklace with some moveable watch gears that also has secret time travel powers, you can convo me here.

Enjoy your weekend and drop by Kristie's blog to see all the other artists' creations from her design team!