I [heart] Roller Derby necklaces

As an after thought I made these necklaces for the show using salvaged vintage jewelry pieces and skate keys that I'd been sitting on for a while.

Eye of the Tiger

Penalty Box

Honky Tonk Stomp

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Derby Matrimony

Hair baubles and general up-cycled shininess...

Necklace made with red coral and a vintage wooden fishing bob

hair clip made with vintage finding, a vintage button and a salvaged metal tassle

made from a pair of vintage rhinestone buttons

hair clips made from computer processors

made from wooden leaf finding, a paper flower and a vintage, lithographed tin butterfly

hair clips made from vintage bird brooches

bobby pins made from vintage, single earrings

bobby pins made with vintage Disney's The Black Hole V.I.N.C.E.N.T. charms

bobby pins made with vintage, fabric rose earrings and wooden leaf findings

bobby pin with vintage dogwood blossom pendant and wooden leaf finding

peacock earrings made with vintage deadstock pendants and sterling earwire

New jewelry pieces

So I've been venturing back into jewelry-making waters.  More to the point I've finally decided to start using all of the spiffy odds & ends that I collect and rework them into necklaces.  Below are the first 3 pieces created.  Only one of the 3 is finished, the other 2 need clasps.

Made with an old liquor medallion, salvaged rosary chain, copper Art Nouveau reproduction connectors and thick copper chain.

The centerpiece of this necklace is actually a part of an old Art Nouveau gas powered chandelier from the late 1800's.  The rest are vintage looking modern items.

Detail shot of the same piece.

Made using a salvaged, decorative lamp pendant and modern vintage-look findings.

Detail shot.

Mid-Centory Modern Norwegian necklace FTW!

I found this at an estate sale yesterday and I am just in love with it.  I always like to look into any marked jewelry I find, so here's some additional info on the artist who designed it, Unn Tangerud.  Please note the picture at the bottom right of this page, look familiar?

Here is a link to ebay listings for the same jewelry house and at least 3 of them were made by the same designer as this piece.  I won't tell you how much I paid for it, but I can tell you it was nowhere near what these folks are asking. 

I love this style, it looks ancient and modern all at the same time, gorgeous!