Steampunk inspired jewellery and artwork created from recycled timepieces, stone and found objects.
Latest Creations
This vintage Rip Curl watch arrived with a terrible cracked, bright pink vinyl band. A new battery was inserted and away she went. This style of watch has fixed band mounts, so rather than try to find a replacement traditional band, I made a stainless steel Byzantine chain mail one with a dragon catch. Now it’s a multicultural marvel, looking for a new home!
Well done Tim looks good 👍👍👍💕💕
I have three pieces in the Geelong Sculptors inc. “Home” exhibition at the Hoop Gallery in Torquay. Dropped in to see the exhibition and was thrilled to see a red dot on one of my creations!
“Forever Rose”
Here is something I am very proud to have been asked to make. My long time friend, Craig, wanted something very special to gift to his wife Kathryn on the occasion of her birthday. He had conceived the idea of a standard rose sculpture, in steel, to place in a future standard rose garden. He entrusted me with the execution and design, with some inclusions, mainly, eight significant dates to be included in the design. Never having made something this complex in steel before, I was glad he gave me plenty of lead time!
So here we have the finished product, a standard rose bush of eight blooms, standing two metres tall, mounted on a base plate. It’s constructed to allow the height to be varied as required to fit the rose garden, when it is completed. There are one hundred and ninety eight components, mostly rescued steel, with some recycled copper wire and some new steel. I’ve put a few pics in the comments to show how the roses were formed. Cutting all the intricate pieces out of steel by hand has given me a grip….of iron!
I was so happy with how it all came together, that I gave a little dance (and I DON’T DANCE!)
Craig has gifted the rose bush to Kathryn, and she’s very happy with Craig’s thoughtfulness and love, not to mention the sculpture itself.
Well done Tim. What a wonderful birthday gift timeless and beautiful. 👏👏
You are very clever Tim what a great birthdays present well done 👍👍
Fantastic art work you must be very proud
It’s beautiful she will love it
Amazing piece! Wonderful work Tim!
Amazing Tim but still waiting for the extended dance mix video!
Stunning! Awesome job!
Wow everything’s coming up roses
Beautiful
“Time to Wind Down”
Vintage pocket watch & clock parts, car indicator globe, scrap copper and brass
This little fellow is heard about Tik Tok and wanted to make his own dance video. He loves his down time and has the guts to show it!
This was fun to make, and I hope he makes you smile.
What an awesome little dude! He needs his own franchise! 👏🤩
He made me smile 😁
Mission accomplished , he makes me smile
Well done looks great
“Surface Tension”
Opal, Vintage gold wristwatch case, Silver
25mm x 16mm x 35mm approximately
Created to celebrate the occasion of my sister, Jenny turning sixty, I wanted to make her a piece of jewellery with a story. Surface tension occurs on a fluid, and allows it to hold up light objects. Jenny has settled in Mallacoota and has weathered many highs and lows. Her heart is uplifted by the support and love of those in her seaside community, and she offers the same in return. I have cut and polished three varieties of opal to make this piece. The first is the coloured opal heart which “floats” on a sea of honey opal, which, in turn sits on a base of opal matrix. The whole is mounted in a vintage gold plated ladies' wristwatch case, repurposed to make it a pendant and a bezel of silver forged to frame the picture. The idea is that Jenny’s love of her community allows her to float on the surface of the warm shallow waters of Mallacoota and live her life to the fullest. Here’s to the next sixty years!
Oh so Wonderful Miss Jenny Wren. What lovey pressure Well deserved. Love from me,
Well done Tim your sister will be so pleased
Stunning gift we’ll done Tim! 👏👏
Absolutely beautiful
“Window to My Heart”
Opal and vintage gold wrist watch case
25mm x 30mm
I cut and polished this Opal heart today from rough, then modified an antique gold plated wristwatch case to present it. The Opal flashes an amazing electric blue. I cut the strap brackets from the case and used them to make the bail and added a new old stock glass to complete the piece. Opal is notoriously hard to photograph in a manner to give a true indication of the color and light play, so you get a video instead!
Well done again so cleaver