"Connected" Steampunk Heart Pendant

"Connected"  Steampunk Heart Pendant by Patricia Krauchune

Supplies:

Black Makin's Clay®

1" screw 

1/4" small screw

2 gears 

Small piece of copper wire

1" piece of chain 

Stack of three gears

2 eyelets 

Small piece of ball chain 

Art -C wax in gold, silver, copper

Materials:

Free form a heart shape from a 1" ball of black Makin's Clay®.

Make a diagonal cut through the heart.

Using the 1" screw, insert the screw through the top of the heart into the bottom piece.

Add a gear at the top part of the heart where the two pieces come together.  Another gear is inserted at the other end of the "seam" but inserted between the two pieces.

Make 2  "U" shapes from the copper wire and use them as "staples" to keep the two halves together.  A small screw was added to the top right side of the heart.  A small 1" piece of chain was attached to the right side uses 2 small copper "U" shapes.

I added a small stack of three gears, and a couple of eyelets with a small piece of ball chain inserted into each eyelet.  I textured the piece using a shell from a black walnut.

After letting the heart dry over night, I finished the piece by coloring it with Art-C wax in silver, copper, and gold.