Most unconventionally, Melanie Bilenker uses human hair to create meticulously detailed illustrations which are then cast in resin and made into fine-art jewelery. According to her site, this is inspired from Victorian days of yore when they used to keep lockets of hair. Talk about a new twist, I also like how she chooses to depict the mundane day to day moments, the very opposite of professional portrait style lockets. Source.
Those lockets are pretty awesome.
Loving your design/site/blog!