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Over at the forum, the talented Mr Smaggers (you should see his Death of Rats) posted about this short video on YouTube at the moment – showing a “What might have been” if the internet had arrived somewhat earlier than it actually did.  Marvel as people make a fool of themselves on YouKinetoscope, chuckle cruelly [...]

Mr Hildebrandt was asking some very odd questions on the forum some time ago, and I believe we’ve now found out why!  Above is the ‘Torch of Saint Dismus‘ – or rather a Steampunk prop version of the ‘Hand of Glory‘, an artifact with many different powers attributed to it but one in particular is [...]

Mr Ebersole writes to tell me about this very clever and affordable little project he recently completed to get something Steampunk up on his wall.  Working in a framing shop has its advantages, it seems, as he was able to source the frame cheaply and the mat board offcuts, retaining the scraps with the most [...]

“In their embrace of the toothy cog and the sooty pipe, this guild of Steampunk hackers represents a rebellion of sorts against our iPhone moment.”
Todays Boston Sunday Globe has a wonderfully detailed article about the Steampunk genre, and they’ve certainly done some intersting homework on it – talking to such marvellous people as Datamancer, Von [...]

I do not like to blow any brass instruments of my own, but just to say that the most recent issue of the Paradigm journal, from Rain Farm Press has a feature on Steampunk.  There’s a rather lovely collection of some of their favourite Steampunk images in the gallery and an interview (with some rather [...]

Mr Quentin Regnier, deeply inspired by the Von Slatt and Datamancer keyboards was determined to make one for himself, but sought his own unique take on the concept.  The result, which he describes as a ‘totaly absurd artifact‘ is a lovely creation – with parts of a Remington typewriter, buttons for keys and hand-dyed leather.  [...]

Remaining on the topic of biological Steampunk creations, Mr Branwyn wrote to point out the beautiful and faintly morbid artwork from Virginia based artist Ms Erin Williams.  Two pieces that stand out in my mind, are the delightfully old looking (and downright dangerous seeming) humor regulation set, with an extraction unit should you find yourself [...]

At the University of Vanderbilt (html version here), a team of very clever people led by Professor Goldfarb are working on a most noble goal – to build a better artificial arm. What interests us is that while it’s been hailed as ‘rocket powered’ – the real heart of the device is actually our [...]

I weep for the bank accounts of the discerning Steampunk and Esoterica collectors of the world, because if ever there were an object worthy of covetous bidding, it would be this.  Above, from Alex CF that most prolific and gifted of Steampunk ephemera creator known for vampire kits, werewolf research collections and of course, Cthulhu’s [...]

Mr Willbourn of Stentor Industries writes to inform that he will shortly be producing and distributing replicas of the Armstrong Siddeley “Royal Albert” Vibro-Beamer, the executive side-arm for the gentleman assassin!  From The Adventures of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot, which I cannot hope to summarise, but will have to make do with parallel universe [...]