"Unwound:" A Polymer Clay Steampunk Mechanical Bird Necklace

This is my entry for Etsy's Polymer Clay Enthusiasts team's monthly challenge: Steampunk. Steampunk is a genre that has many sides, from cute and whimsical to dark, mysterious, and eerie. The latter side is probably my favorite, and I tried to capture those qualities in my necklace "Unwound." There's just something about a mechanical contraption, almost like it has a mind of it's own. It is neither alive nor dead, but somewhere in between. This piece alludes to the idea of death...yet the bird is not dead, but only unwound.