Monthly Archive:: January 2009
Tim See’s Steampunk Ceramics
Tim See is an exhibitor in this year’s Smithsonia Crafts Show and he has chosen to produce a series of works in the Steampunk style. Pictured is the Teacup Presevation System and an as yet un-named Steampunk air conditioner is in the works. You can see more on Tim’s
Geissler Tubes
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Geissler tubes were made primarily at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th as curiosities. They came in a great variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. From Wikipedia: Geissler tubes were mass produced from the 1880s as entertainment devices, with various spherical chambers and decorative serpentine
Captured Lightning Scuplture – Lichtenberg Figures
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Stoneridge Engineering creates these Lichtenberg figures by using a particle accelerator to create a charge cloud inside of a highly insulating block of acrylic and then discharging that cloud by poking it with what is essential a nail in a board connected to ground. This grounding probe causes the
Epic Storefront
I spotted- not that you could possibly miss it- this storefront in Tokyo. It’s a comic book store called Mandarake, which is supposedly the biggest comic book store in tokyo. The actual store was about 4 flights downstairs, and also had an amazing selection of vintage toys. They
Spanish Steampunk!
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From the workshop of Gonzalo Álvarez comes these wonderful clocks and furniture! Gonzalo lives and works on the island of Tenerife. He is a maker of fanciful clocks and furniture as well as, it seems, special effects – but my Spanish is non-existent so I cannot be sure. I
Whitechapel Ltd.
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No, not that Whitechapel! Whitechapel Ltd. is a supplier of an incredible variety of brass hardware, findings, and finials. They have just about anything you can imagine that is cast from brass. Prices range from a few dollars each for the feet I used on the Victorian all-in-one to
Fairy Magic Lantern
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I have been terribly remiss in not publishing this earlier! It came to me when I was very busy and I lost the original message somewhere in the bowels of gmail. Fortunately, I came across it today and vowed to post immediately! My apologies to the artist for this
The Flaming Lotus Girls on Make:TV
Maker Profile – Fire Sculpture on MAKE: television from make magazine on Vimeo. This week’s Make:TV Maker Profile is on The Flaming Lotus Girls, a San Francisco based woman-centric industrial arts group that creates the most amazing sculptures with steel and fire! Membership is open and it’s a place
Retro bike stuff – Orange Velo
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From Steubens Wheelmen! Here’s a shot of The Brass Lion with a Down Low Glow "Fossil Amber" light from Rock The Bike ! And since we are talking bike accessory you should pop over to Velo ORANGE for some truly wonderful retro-bike accessories like this pair of paniers!
Sims Steampunk!
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Wow! somebody Simmified my Steampunk, monitor, keyboard and the Mae West lamp! Have a look!