Instruments for Natural Philosophy
Long before I got into Steampunk, in fact long before that name had been coined, I had a love for scientific instruments. I would rescue the catalogues of instruments and demonstrations from the dumpster behind our school at the end of each year when the science teachers would discard
Magic Eyes
(image: cyclopian overload magic eye) It was in Boston, and I was wandering up and down Center St. in search of a cup-o-joe and a bun. My spidey sense tingled and I turned: across the street, the silent siren-song for makers: a big, handwritten sign ‘FREE’ above a pile
McKeen Motor Car
Oh my god isn’t she gorgeous! This is the McKeen Motor Car and she’s a pretty misfit and I love misfits more than just about anything else in this world. She was originally gasoline powered but now sports a Caterpillar diesel engine. In fact, I do believe it is
Steampunk Cake!
A friend overheard a karate classmate, a professional baker, mention that she had just created a cake for a client in a "Steam Punk" style and that prior to this order she had not heard of Steampunk. Well, my spy collected this intelligence and forwarded it to The Lady
Art Donovan’s Stunning Shiva Mandala
I had the honor of sharing space in a gallery show with Art last year in the Hamptons. I've long admired his Steampunk lamps and I particularly like that his work often incorporates elements that are reminiscent of pulp science fiction cover art – there's always a touch of
Gianni Fanelli: Dream of iron
From Social Design Zine in Italy comes this article about sculptor and metalworker Gianni Fanelli. It appears to be a review of the artist’s recent show and the reviewer clearly liked what they saw – at least that’s sure what it looks like to me viewing the Google translated
Hey San Francisco!
Boston Favorites HUMANWINE are in town and you can hear them play! Saturday February 7th 8:30pm – The Mad Maggies CD Release Party: Pirates Delight The Accordion Apocalypse 2626 Jennings St. San Francisco, CA 94124 Cost: $10 fer pirate, $15 for regular human ALL AGES Pirate’s Delight with: The
Orrery (kit?) from Japan
I am not quite sure what is going on here, but as near as I can tell this is an offer for a beautiful brass orrery kit. An orrery is a mechanical simulacrum of the Solar System with clockwork designed such that the planets of the orrery move in
Music – The Clockwork Quartet
Edward writes: Dear Mr. von Slatt, Allow me to introduce myself; My name is Edward Saperia, and I run The Clockwork Quartet. You blogged about us a couple of months ago when a photo of the Steamdrone was leaked onto the net. A little background around the band; despite
Steampunk Monitor Stand
Some of the very best letters I get come from people who have built things to give as gifts, a case in point: Dear jake, I really have enjoyed your site, especially the bus conversion. I really like how you talk about using found objects and have so many