tela's Page

It's taken me awhile to get up the nerve to post this. I have tried to find anything on this site that would give me some direction, but I haven't been able to. I see lots of work by lots of very talented people in many mediums- but none in jewelry.I am a jewelry artist. Over many years, I have developed a style that I like to think of as Neo-Deco, Deco-dence or Dieselpunk. I like the whole feeling of streamlining and geometry. But, I don't use typical materials of the period- bakelite or the…See More

These small pictures came from a big scrapbook left by my grandfather. He was a photographer and his family did some work on Hangar One, Moffat Field. They also did work on The San Francisco Bridge and Bay Bridge. Apparently he was quite taken with dirigibles. He had many photos of them.This is the Graf Zeppelin.…See More

I'm not terribly young. I've seen music styles come and go. I remember when Swing was popular back in the 90's and I loved it. I haven't yet checked out the recommended bands that I've found here, but I do recognize a few and like them.However, back in the late 70's early 80's I was Punk Rock which morphed into New Wave here in America. There is a musician that I have been following almost religiously since then: Gary Numan. You may know him as the guy that did Cars, but he has steadily worked…See More

I don't know about you all, but I associate the driver caps with the Dieselpunk era. According to Wiki, "Flat caps were worn by fashionable young men in the 1920s".I love drivers caps. My Dad and brother wore them all the time here in the US. I think of the caps as being "dapper". :)Apparently, Hollywood has taken up the style and…See More