Archive for July, 2008

Interesting Dive Suits and Submarines, and Various Other Art

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A good chum of came across this interesting page of antique dive suits and various submarine designs from different eras. It’s quite a mixed bag, but some of the pictures are downright fascinating.
And while we’re both here, you may be interested in some of these interesting Steampunk works I found on DeviantArt. All of them [...]

Steampunk, the Exhibition of Art and Design

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Mr Donovan creates some beautifully distinctive Steampunk lamps, which we’ve seen before, laden with brass mesh, naked lightbulbs and curled ornate metals. He is also the very fortunate (and hard working) curator of the upcoming Steampunk Exhibition being held in Bridgehampton, New York next month!
As you can see from the list above, there are [...]

Brass Snow Goggles - For Sub-Zero Exploration

Friday, July 25th, 2008

We have known since 1862 (thank you James Glaisher) that high altitude was a cold place to be, and no Steampunk explorer worth their salt hasn’t considered the arctic, the antactic and the peaks of mountains a challenging place to go, (not to mention hunting down the 1930’s Shangri-La) but in places such as these, [...]

The Machines de L’île (Nantes)

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

If you are the lucky ones who have friends/family/holidays in Brittany. You have to go to Nantes.
First of all, the city saw the birth of one of our beloved genius, Jules Vernes. But I will not talk literature now, but mechanics.
When you go downtown, near the river Loire, there is a very particular island in [...]

Gatehouse Gazette

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

“The new steampunk & dieselpunk magazine” is here with the release of the first issue of the Gatehouse Gazette.
In this first issue, the reader with find an introduction to the genre of dieselpunk by Piecraft and Ottens, an interview with Toby Frost, author of the steampunk-in-space novel, Space Captain Smith, an article about the gentleman [...]

The (Steam Powered) Empire Strikes Back

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Our talented friend, Sillof (he of the impressive action-figure re-imagining) has taken his previous efforts in creating Star Wars as if it were Steampunk, and lovingly applied it to the Empire Strikes Back entry in the series. Look here for ornately engraved snowtroopers, a dashingly dapper Mr Calrissian, and a hard on his luck [...]

Create Your Own Paradox for the Love of Pie!

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The Winterbottom universe is a macabre Victorian landscape full of unfamiliar proportions and quirky obstacles. The Winterbottom art style is inspired by the work of writer/illustrator Edward Gorey and silent film greats Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin. Our gluttonous hero, P.B. Winterbottom, exists within a distinctly 1920’s city complete with back alleys, tall [...]

SteampunkWallpaper.com Wants Your Ideas!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Mouse of our Steampunk Forum has searched in vain all over the internet for Steampunk wallpapers. Finding a shortage, he she decided to amend that by creating SteampunkWallpaper.com. She has started this project with the ambitious idea to create a wallpaper a day for a year. She has many so far, yetshe is on the [...]

Retro Alarm Clock

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

This beautiful “Retro Alarm Clock” should make a most fashionable addition to any steampunk enthusiasts’ sleeping quarters! Devised by a Mr Ulrik Nielsen from Denmark, the clock is painted in appropriate brass, which, with the emarald green of the inner parts of the little machine, makes for a perfect steampunk contraption!
Please do delight Mr Nielsen [...]

Rag And Bone - Septuacycle in the Steampunk Style

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Over at the Rat Rod Bikes forum (which seems to have quite a few Steampunk bikes now), member Gaskill has created the above beautifully bewheeled septuacycle (seven wheels, if I’ve not miscounted) called The Rag And Bone. With what looks like a suspended amber headlamp, and to be honest, more wheels than three conventional [...]