Little Owl Locket

[mechanism man]

Here are a few photos of a little locket I made for my wife as part of her Christmas present - he seemed to go down quite well.
The watch gears and gubbins are simply superglued to a half mm ply pate and then the owl cut out glued onto the plate once all the gears are positioned and varnished. The photo compartment is simply hinged on a fixed wooden pin, but the compartment is held open and closed with little 2mm magnets - it makes a nice snap snap sound when you play with it. :-)
I think that this is almost as small as I can happily cut - the eyes were a challenge.... He's about 4.5cm tall.
The last photo shows the inside of the front face hollowed out (Dremel!) ready to be varnished.

Take care all.

[solobiker]

That is cool!

[DWSudekum]

Very unusual and very cool looking. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

[Max]

Very nice. You did a great job arranging the gears.

[oregoncarver]

Very nice work.

Arthur

[wood-n-things]

Great project. Love the gears....

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[Mengtian]

OK...that is waay too cool. I gotta try me that!

[Riverlady]

Beautiful locket

[Spirithorse]

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[wildbliss]

This one is so unique, Love what you did!

[Andyoxf13]

Absolutely fantastic!

[Scrolling Days]

Stunning work! I love the contrast between the owl's grace and the mechanistic gears.

Your locket reminds me of Bubo from Clash of the Titans.




https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rzKhqt5IRnM


I also love your Bill Watterson quote!

[Wood Dog]

Wicked Sweeeeet............are you into Horology by any chance?

[Powakee]

That is a beautiful piece, extremely well executed, and a loving gift.
Your skill is only equaled by your creativity!

John

[Scrappile]

What a challenge and great job doing it. Very unique! Well done.