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Hello! I'm Alison. I've been making jewelry since I was 9 years old. Some of my jewelry designs sold at Bloomingdale's when I was a teenager, and I made my first earrings out of vintage watches way back in 1990. I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Fine Arts.

I really enjoy recycling vintage materials and giving them the chance to be seen and appreciated in new ways. I often incorporate vintage clocks, watches, typewriter keys and other recycled material in my designs.

Please go to [www.velvetmechanism.com] to sign up for the Velvet Mechanism mailing list if you're interested in receiving news, special sales and information on upcoming events and trunk shows.

Velvet Mechanism has been featured in the book 1,000 Steampunk Creations, the role-playing book Unhallowed Necropolis, The Seattle Times, Ibuki Magazine, Goth Magazine, Haute Macabre, Morbid Outlook, Divine Caroline, Dose Nation, and a Chinese fashion magazine. I've also been featured in catalogs for Gloomth and the Sanguine Gryphon, in the web series Perpetual Steampunk, in a production of Wicked at the Det Ny Teater in Denmark, and in numerous other productions, publications and blogs. My work has been shown on the front page of Etsy several times, The Storque, and the Etsy Gift Guide.

I also run a Gothic clothing marketplace called Velvet Garden [www.velvetgarden.com] which has been online since 1998, so I have plenty of experience selling online.

I'm a proud member of the Etsy SteamTeam. Search for "SteamTeam"

Thank you so much for visiting!