Author Archive
Flight of the Calliope
Some more serialized Steampunk fiction for you over at Flight of the Calliope! A low moan rose up out of the depth of the Pandora’s hull, drowning out the cheers of her crew as they watched the enemy airship fall from the sky. Bewildered, they turned in circles, looking
Etching Brass – Mailbag
Craig writes: In July ’07 I bought a 1960 Lone Star El Dorado boat which needed total restore. I found the yahoogroups Lonestar restorers club which has been so helpful. A year after hauling the boat home, it hit the water. As the boat nears it’s 50th anniversary, I
Meet Tom Sepe: Steampunk Artist, Fabricator, Performer
I had the great pleasure to meet Tom Sepe at Maker Faire last year, in addition to being a fine artist he’s a fun and entertaining fellow to be around. Tom recently produced the above video to aid him in what I’ll call a journey of “Discovery” and I
VivaLaModa does Steampunk
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A new online magazine VivaLaModa has a nice little write up on Steampunk fashion in their current issue. VivaLaModa is a magazine that focuses on Fashion, handmade goods, and green products, from their website: VivaLaModa is a bi-monthly magazine created to show the greatest and coolest fashionable and hand
The fragment of Empire – by Filimon
Bohema writes: I’ve been followin’ your site for quite long time. Always enjoyed it. Keyboard mods are awesome. Speaking about mods. Don’t know if your know about Filimon. That’s a Russian modder producing steampunk various mods. They are insanely jaw dropping mods that leave me every time speachless .
Wooden Steampunk Keyboard Mod
Markus, who wrote in earlier with an alternative to typewriter keys, has finished his keyboard mod. He writes: . . . I decided to use a wooden frame – but not any wood molding from the DIY shop would do. I found old furniture ‘spare parts’ – this wood
JvS on Make:Talk – Podcast now available
Hi Everyone! I had the distinct pleasure of joining Mark Frauenfelder and Gareth Branwyn of Make: Magazine for the first ever Make:Talk live on Friday at 12 noon PST! We talked about Make: #17 – The Lost Knowledge Issue: MAKE Volume 17 goes really old school with the Lost
The Photography of Libby Bulloff – in Seattle Today !
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LIBBY BULLOFF March 1-29, 2009 Today! Thursday, March 5, 6-11 pm Pioneer Square Art Walk Utilikilts Flagship Store 620 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104 Libby Bulloff is the Annie Leibowitz of Steampunk! I’ve followed her work for some time now and I really love her composition
The Art of Suzanne Forbes
Last year at Maker Faire I met so many amazing people! The experience was overwhelming. In fact, on the plane ride back from San Francisco I told the big Aussie sitting next to me that my sniffling was all just due to allergies and not the fact that I
New art by Aaron Ristau
Back in October Meredith visited briefly with Aaron Ristau at Maker Faire Austin. Aaron is a sculptor who works primarily with found bits of technological detritus, from his website: Technology surrounds us. Products are obsolete within an ever decreasing amount of time, putting an increasing strain on our ability