Archive for April, 2007

Panamarenko – Assemblagist (Sculptor)

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Chris wrote to me some time ago to point out the works of Henri Van Herwegen, who goes by the name Panamarenko.  Panamarenko’s works include a great many variations on the love of flight, particularly human powered or human centred – so there are giant wing cars, bubble spaceships, a beautiful, fan-filled flying backpack (which [...]

Kittens in an Airship – Harry Whittier Frees

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

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All Aboard for Cloudland, originally uploaded by ponto.

“Susie and her little sister were a little nervous when they began their first ride on the transcontinental blimp express. Only the pilot appeared confident.”

Oh, kittens in [...]

Urban Archeology – Home Fittings Shop

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Mr Woodson (via the House & Garden site) writes to tell of a shop called Urban Archeology.  Now, don’t be dissapointed that it doesn’t advocate digging up your neighbours garden to find treasure, but what it does have is a perfectly wonderful collection of lights.  My personal favourite category is the Exterior Wallmount lights, because [...]

Crossing the Channel on a Golden Airship – Zeppy

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

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I was browsing Flickr today, and discovered a lovely photograph of a modern looking pedal powered airship (and it wasn’t the familiar White Dwarf Blimp that we’ve sighed over before).  A little bit of sleuthing, and the magnificience that is Zeppy the pedal-powered, golden airship, was revealed!  (Beware, the site is a little… rough around [...]

The Court of the Air – Steampunk Novel

Monday, April 16th, 2007

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Mr Angus McQuarrie (what a good name, Mr McQuarrie), writes to tell me about a new novel for the younger of heart Steampunk fans – a tale of two orphan children, worlds apart, who are caught up in a terrible series of events involving an evil that was thought vanquished so long ago. Entitled The [...]

Steampunk Mechanical Spectacles by Y4G3R

Monday, April 16th, 2007

These are simply perfect – seen on BoingBoing today (what a find, Mr Doctorow!) they’re by the Deviantart user Y4G3R (who I believe also goes by Mr M. Edward Yager, but I could be wrong).  They are real, brass goggles, also including bronze, copper, stainless steel, springs, plastic lenses and more.  So delightfully Steampunk that [...]

Atomic Sonic – Unusual Musical Mechanisms

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Mr AndyW wrote to point out the works of musical circuitsmith, Tim Kaiser of AtomicSonic.  While the majority of the works are themed too late for Steampunk, there are a few (such as the ones above) that I wouldn’t mind having sat in a bakelite enabled (1908-ish) electrically focused laboratory!
The items above are ‘FX Boxes’, [...]

Victorian Household Items and the Carbolic Smoke Ball

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Forgive me for location dropping, but I was at Chasewater Railway steam day recently, and in the shop I bought a Victorian Household memorabelia pack filled with replical printed sundries from the era. Made by the Memorabilia Pack Company, it’s just one of several historically themed replica packs. This one, I was delighted [...]

Professor Fzz’s Copper Water-Valve Lamp

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

You may remember the good Professor Fzz’s previous copper tubing lamp – well he has created another, inspired by the look of a steam engine water level tube (much like the one on the back of a fire engine).  Not only are there beautiful photographs of the finished article (and surrounded by so much brass!) [...]

Gakken Hooke Microscope Kit Review

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

This is a review from the ever interesting Madam Grand Duchess from the forums, of the Japanese Gakken science kit Hooke Microscope.  She has recently recieved the kit through the post and wrote a perfectly wonderful review from the a Steampunk enthusiast’s view:
“The box containing the parts for the microscope had a magazine attached to [...]