Heterodyne Designs

The artisan of this lovely piece of steampunk-styled jewelry hides behind the banner of Heterodyne Designs where “rare artifacts and oddities” are assembled by the artisan herself, a Miss Alexandra Sforza, as well as her sister, Victoria. They provide much of their whimsical creations for sale there, though they may also be contemplated in a Profile with no strings attached.

Mr Jack Rose of the blog, Gearing Up, sat down for an Interview with Miss Sforza, Alexandra that is, a little while ago, in which she talks about what inspired her work (Jules Verne, Indiana Jones, and Girl Genius, to list a few) as well as what made her interested in crafting steampunk jewelry specifically. “I’d been looking at steampunk items for a long while,” she explains, though when she developed a liking for the steampunk aesthetic, “crafters were far and few between.” Fortunately, the appreciator of steampunk jewelry today is better off, for, as Miss Sforza notes, nowadays, “there are hundreds of steampunk artists all making lovely things.”

  • Thats a unique peice of jewelry. I dont know if you would make it into a necklace, or just a pin to wear.
  • klockwork kobbler
    wow, thats amusing, my wife has been playing with alot of the materials i think this artist.. and most on etsy have been using, the wings and varitions with keys and the like.
    shes got a piece remarkably similar to that key broach.
    small world when it comes to steam jewerly :D
  • Angus McCarthy
    Just my luck the day I finally decide to register on the forums I find the site missing! Glad to see things are back and (almost) up and running.
  • Demosthenes
    How about entries in their entirety?
  • Prof. Zervo
    "entries", even....
  • Prof. Zervo
    Any chance of new entires here? I have a suggestion, but apparantly suggesting new links has been deactivated. Hope you get the steam up soon again....
  • Glad to see the site back up and running :)
  • RJ
    Long term fan, never posted, just wanted to say, so glad you are back!
  • Aaaaah - I can finally exhale.

    So good to find all things brassy and goggly back on line. I do look forward to engaging with my fellow antipodean steampunk engineers in the forum sometime soon.

    Meanwhile - please peruse my build progress at www.austeampunk.blogspot.com which has been inspired by all I have seen and read on your blog and forum.

    toodle pip
  • TheMadLibrarian
    Welcome back!
  • Lucius Voltaic
    Huzzah! Functionality slowly returning! I wonder when the forums will be back...soon, I hope!

    Oh, and the Heterodyne Designs are cool, too.
  • Demosthenes
    Wow, we're back up. . .sort of!!! Not the forum though. . .
  • 19 Moons
    Ooops, too many ooos, anyway nice work
  • 19 Mooons
    Wonderful and well deserved accolades for this artist- great in depth interview!
  • van
    MOAR UPDATES PLEAASE!!! i need my daily/weekly/monthly dose of brass goggles.
  • Hi, gentlemens. I indicate your blog to BogDay 2008 Edition, in my own blog, http://rtynoken.wordpress.com. Best Regards!
  • I purchased one of her lovely designs a while back. I have gotten so many compliments on it, both from Steampunks and, dare I say, mundanes. Thanks for the link to the interview!
  • Lovely interview!

    Visit the Etsy SteamTeam to see more work by Heterodyne Designs and her fellow steampunk artists: http://etsysteamteam.com/.
  • Thanks for giving a little peak into the genius behind Heterodyne. Alexandra's work is great fun!
  • Why, you're most welcome! Your designs are quite lovely, and I hope that more steampunk enthusiasts will find that out now! ;-)
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