RandomAsUsual's Blog

Vacuum Tube Squider (Squid/Spider)

Watch Part Guitars – Better pictures MORE TO COME SOON!! I have six more almost done.

Sterling Silver Ring with Watch Movement

Brass Ring With Watch Movement

Sterling Silver & Watch Part Celestial Pendant

Large Upcycled Brooch with Watch Parts

Watch Movement Pendant

Baby Groot! 12″ tall. Made from
2 packages of $1.25 modeling clay from the dollar store. A $1.00 clay plant pot from a thrift store. Two $1.00 pots of brown craft paint, a $1.00 pot of puzzle sealer and two beads! First time I’ve ever used modeling clay.

My first attempt at a Hobo Nickel. He’s a miner now. A little more explanation in the photo below.

Second coin carving. 1967 Canadian penny. Used the same tools as I did for the Hobo Nickel. A couple of dollar store wood chisels, a sewing needle and a small hammer for putting watch cases together. Basically all the wrong equipment but I really wanted to try this and couldn’t wait for my supplies to arrive.

I usually dismantle non functioning watches and use the parts in other projects, but these six seemed to go together so well that I made a bracelet out of them.

Made a pendant out of a penny, some watch gears and a little etching.

Tried to make a Bitcoin out of a Canadian Penny using a sewing needle and a small hammer after buffing off the original face with a rotary tool.

I also make motorcycles out of watch parts.

Motorcycle pendant made out of watch parts mounted on a medallion. About 1.5″ in diameter.

Another watch part motorcycle mounted on a piece of sea glass.

More fun with watch parts. Guitars are great because you can really let your imagination go!

An upcycled brooch. The center stone was lost so I replaced it with a watch movement.

A pendant. Bicycle made of watch parts inside a watch case.

The watch stopped working so I turned it around!

More upcycled jewelry. A ring, a brooch and a pendant!

I also make aliens and spiders out of light bulbs, radio tubes, watch parts, nails and screws.

Vary in size from a few inches to over 10″ high!

I call these Squiders. Part squid part spider.

The watch movement in this one can be wound and still runs! Gives it a bit of life.

A family of Squiders!

These guys are BIG! The tubes alone are 6″ high.

6″ tube with 3″ screws and 2″ cotter pin legs.

A tiny guy with a crystal butt!

Big and Little.

I also bake!
Werewolf cupcakes made for Hallowe’en.

Canadian Flag cupcakes for July 1st. Made from Fruit by the Foot.

Smarties, chocolate chips and sour foot candies for a hat!

Made with Goldfish Crackers.

Homemade vanilla cookies with strawberry jam, red sours, chopped green gummies and white chocolate shavings.

Piped and frosted Ninjabread Cookies. I also made the Santa from salt & flour dough. He is painted and sealed with polyurethane. He’s about 20 years old now and still holding up!

Pumpkin Cake with matching baby cupcakes.

A typical tray of goodies made for friends and family at Christmas.

Not really baking, but quick and easy Easter egg decorating!

Sometimes I sew.
My nephew wanted an Enderman Pillow.
Made this in about 2.5 hours with no pattern. Also discovered that buying pillows and using the batting inside is way cheaper than buying batting by itself! Go figure.