Author Archive
The Clockwork Quartet
I have legions of minions (both cybernetic and meatiform) so if you say ‘steampunk’ anywhere on the interwebs I’m liable to pop up in UR LJ or UR Flickr within hours. Such was the case this morning when I discovered this marvellous machine built by banjo player Will Segerman
TechnOccult interview with Alex CF
TechnOccult inteviews wunderkammer artist AlexCF: I guess it all started with this little box, called “The Vampire Legacy Case” about a 14th century aristocratic vampire, the last rites and possessions of this vampiric lord. I had the idea of creating an alternative past, creating characters and species with which
A Bit of a Pygmalion Moment
Yes, that is the Steampunk Strat in the hands of Nathaniel Johnstone of Abney Park on stage at SteampoweredCon 2008. Sigh. I made her but I could not give her what she needed as I have not the musical talent. I’m glad she found a good home and I
Steampunk Keyboard from Germany
Kay writes: I have often been inspired and impressed by your work. Here you can see one of my lastest projects. It’s a original german steampunk keyboard. More pics you find at: www.flickr.com/photos/steamtux There is nothing I like to hear more then that! and man-oh-man did he do a
Hallowe’en 2008
This year’s theme was The Wizard of Oz. I hacked up a rear projection TV that I got off of Craigslist to be the Great and Powerful Oz. The original intent was to use the then working TV to present the image from a camera. Unfortunately, the moment I
Steampunk Runway Show – Chicago
Produced by Chicago Tribal Bellydance Troupe Read my Hips, this show looks like it was a lot of fun! I’m really excited that the fashions are not purely neo-Victorian, there is some definite punk in there as well as some middle Eastern influence. Have a look at pictures from
Wormbunnies!
This morning I was telling my daughter about the creatures called "Cattails" that Larry Niven invented for World out of Time. I remember enjoying that book a lot but more than anything the description of the genetically modified cat/snake hybrid stuck with me. It had the head of a
Seattle Antique Market
Back from a morning of shopping in Seattle. Got Hungarian Paprika, Madras Curry, Bacon Band-aids and a pair of vintage drafting sets at the Seattle Antique Market. This town is really growing on me!
Vote for Love – Updated
One of the crappy things about contextual advertizing on the web is that you can’t always stay on top of what’s presented on your site. Know that we here at the Steampunk Workshop will always Vote for Love and we sincerly hope the good people of California will do
The California Steampunk Convention – Keynote
Hi Everyone! I’m in Seattle now hang’n with rockstars and anarchists for a couple of days of decompression post SteampoweredCon in San Jose. Steampowered turned out to be a really great event with lots of fascinating people of an even broader spectrum then the already broad spectrum I expected.