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The phone 13$
The Lamp 17$
The Candle holder 4.50$
The Pitcher 4.50$
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Steampunk Home : What i found at the flea Market
The flea market is an amazing source of antique that can be salvaged and transformed into original steampunk decoration . Today i decided to get myself a few items from the St-Eustache Flea Market . I looked for Victorian style antique that are actually from around the late 60's to 70's . I also wanted items made from solid brass with filigree patterns . I came back with a lamp , a candle holder , a pitcher and an old phone . After a good clean up i plan to modify some of these items . On the phone i would like to replace the plastic by wood and for the lamp i would like a to make an altered art mix media style steampunk shade .
The phone 13$
The Lamp 17$
The Candle holder 4.50$
The Pitcher 4.50$
The phone 13$
The Lamp 17$
The Candle holder 4.50$
The Pitcher 4.50$
New Genuine Baltic Amber
I'm always on the look for some uncommon materials . When i don't make rings , i take a break and search the web. I have spent hours looking for Genuine Baltic amber in the right size and shape . I bought some that the seller claimed was genuine Baltic amber but was not convinced it was the real thing .
Originally i had bought beads on Etsy which were expensive and i believe it was the real deal .
Then i got others that I'm still not sure of . I called it Mysterious Amber and explain in the detail of the ring that i didn't know for sure . Recently while i was making a ring i drilled one of the mysterious bead and to my surprise it smelled very sweet , which is good because it is one of the characteristic of real Amber . Although I'm skeptic , it convinced me that it is not plastic but did not convince me that it was amber .
It really has many of the visual characteristic of real amber and is a perfect match for this style of rings . I always associated amber as being the most steampunk precious stone of all but that's only my opinion. I think that amber has the ability to freeze time , even sometimes specimen of fossilized insect can be found inside ,frozen in time !
For example :
Finally i have found a supplier in Lithuania who sell 100% guaranteed genuine Baltic amber and has been in the Amber business for over 20 years . So i bought the only strand in the right size that they had in stock .
Originally i had bought beads on Etsy which were expensive and i believe it was the real deal .
Then i got others that I'm still not sure of . I called it Mysterious Amber and explain in the detail of the ring that i didn't know for sure . Recently while i was making a ring i drilled one of the mysterious bead and to my surprise it smelled very sweet , which is good because it is one of the characteristic of real Amber . Although I'm skeptic , it convinced me that it is not plastic but did not convince me that it was amber .
Here's a picture of the Mysterious Amber Ring :
It really has many of the visual characteristic of real amber and is a perfect match for this style of rings . I always associated amber as being the most steampunk precious stone of all but that's only my opinion. I think that amber has the ability to freeze time , even sometimes specimen of fossilized insect can be found inside ,frozen in time !
For example :
Finally i have found a supplier in Lithuania who sell 100% guaranteed genuine Baltic amber and has been in the Amber business for over 20 years . So i bought the only strand in the right size that they had in stock .
I really like the natural look of these beads .I cant wait to received them so i played with photoshop to see what it will look like .
I will get them in a few weeks and post the real picture here when i get them :