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« Reply #50 on: September 11, 2011, 12:56:31 am » |
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In the sixties,
every halloween costume I can remember
was something from the old tv show 'dark shadows'.
In the seventies,
I showed horses sidesaddle.
For no other reason
than to be able to wear 'old' clothes.
And LOOK like a character from Dark Shadows.
In the eighties,
it was frock coats,
spandex pants,
ankle boots-victorian heel
shoulder pads and lace.
In the nineties,
I tore up the shopping world
seeking the clothes worn by 'The Aunts' in Practical Magic.
I searched and searched - but couldn't find any clothing
like theirs.
(If you watch the film now you can plainly see
they're dressed Victorian-ish)
I just didn't know that then.
I decided since nobody was making those clothes
I would incorporates as much of it as I could
into my daily wear:
long skirts,
tailored jackets (can't let go of the shoulder pads)
and the victorian boot heel.
"Would the Aunts wear this?"
was the mantra.
When I found Brass Goggles
everything I'd been 'incorporating' into my daily wear
and doing with the 'got for a song' antiques and glass wear
...suddenly had a home.
It's taken me three months of membership here
(and more reading and research than I've done in YEARS)
to get my head around the simple fact
that I may well have found what I've been looking for.
SO what 'got me into' steampunk
was them finally coming up with a name for it-
what keeps me in steampunk
are the people posting and creating here
and this website.
It's finally 'okay'.
It's finally here.
And we're not alone any more.
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« Reply #51 on: September 11, 2011, 05:34:29 am » |
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I've always been interested in history. Steampunk struck me as a fascinating aesthetic, although thus far none of the anachronistic characters I spend my time on leave pretending to be a dilettante with have found the movement interesting. It's often the boring ones that call themselves "steampunks," sadly. I guess I'm not much of a steam "punk" - the term's really a fighting word to me. Congress says I have to be a gentleman, after all.
V/r,
~SO
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« Reply #52 on: September 11, 2011, 03:08:29 pm » |
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Im not entirely sure where I came across the idea of it, but I've always been interested in mechanicalology and history, and then I rediscovered the fun of steam power, and the ideas of interesting uses thereof, and I was just right here. Though I'm more into the twenties than eighteen seventies.
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James Harrison
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« Reply #53 on: September 11, 2011, 04:01:33 pm » |
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Though I'm more into the twenties than eighteen seventies.
I don't see that that's particularly a problem. There's an assumption in Steampunk that neo-Victoriana is an element of it, rightly or wrongly, but personally if pushed I prefer the Edwardian era (and indeed the 'Georgian era' right up to around 1914) over the nineteenth century. If you're into the twenties over the seventies, indulge that interest  |
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« Reply #54 on: September 12, 2011, 12:20:10 am » |
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Im not entirely sure where I came across the idea of it, but I've always been interested in mechanicalology and history, and then I rediscovered the fun of steam power, and the ideas of interesting uses thereof, and I was just right here. Though I'm more into the twenties than eighteen seventies.
So are you a member here too? http://www.dieselpunks.org/ |
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« Reply #55 on: September 12, 2011, 05:46:14 pm » |
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It was a specific outfit I saw that got me into steampunk, specifically, the woman's outfit here. I saw her at the expo and instantly fell in love with her costume. I loved the whole aesthetic, the gadgets, the clock hanging from her belt, and most specifically her wings. I knew vaguely about the existence of steampunk before I saw her, but it wasn't until then that I truly started to love it. |
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« Reply #56 on: September 13, 2011, 09:54:46 am » |
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Well, I already loved digging through history, building things, and dressing up in pirate and ren garb, so when I saw the first steampunk at Comic Con four or five years ago, steampunk just seemed right.
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« Reply #57 on: September 18, 2011, 07:12:37 pm » |
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Dieselpunk?! Awesome! I love the amount of art deco stuff on that link! Thanks, I now have a new thing to explore  |
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« Reply #58 on: September 18, 2011, 07:57:14 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked!  |
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« Reply #59 on: September 18, 2011, 07:58:35 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked! What do you reenact? If your riding was on purpose... |
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« Reply #60 on: September 18, 2011, 08:04:14 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked! What do you reenact? If your riding was on purpose... Lol, my riding IS on purpose... as is the hanging off bit (I'm a trick rider, lol). As for re-enactment - Lace Wars cavalry (1745 Jacobite rebellion), Hussars (Crimean), English Civil War on occasion, have been known to do American Civil War... basically anything involving horses apart from Muddy Evil |
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« Reply #61 on: September 18, 2011, 08:09:11 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked! What do you reenact? If your riding was on purpose... Lol, my riding IS on purpose... as is the hanging off bit (I'm a trick rider, lol). As for re-enactment - Lace Wars cavalry (1745 Jacobite rebellion), Hussars (Crimean), English Civil War on occasion, have been known to do American Civil War... basically anything involving horses apart from Muddy Evil I was wondering, I love the trick riding from the Asian steppes. Problem was I never had a horse to try it on. When everyone else in my neighborhood was BMXing, I was using horse techniques on a mountain bike. |
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« Reply #62 on: September 18, 2011, 08:11:19 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked! What do you reenact? If your riding was on purpose... Lol, my riding IS on purpose... as is the hanging off bit (I'm a trick rider, lol). As for re-enactment - Lace Wars cavalry (1745 Jacobite rebellion), Hussars (Crimean), English Civil War on occasion, have been known to do American Civil War... basically anything involving horses apart from Muddy Evil I was wondering, I love the trick riding from the Asian steppes. Problem was I never had a horse to try it on. When everyone else in my neighborhood was BMXing, I was using horse techniques on a mountain bike. Lol, sounds very cool. I used to practice on the side of a land rover! If you ever come over here I'll give you a go on my horse. It's such a buzz |
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« Reply #63 on: September 18, 2011, 08:18:59 pm » |
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If we don't get cake can we at least have corn flakes and milk, maybe with some strawberries? Corn flakes date back to 1895. In many ways I have been into SP for years, just didn't know it. |
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« Reply #64 on: September 18, 2011, 08:38:25 pm » |
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Been a re-enactor for years... ride horses, both side saddle and erm... hanging upside down off them... recently decided that my favourite era is Victorian, but I also love fantasy... want to incorporate all of my loves into one spectacular show and so I started researching the Steampunky side of costuming etc... et Voila! I was hooked! What do you reenact? If your riding was on purpose... Lol, my riding IS on purpose... as is the hanging off bit (I'm a trick rider, lol). As for re-enactment - Lace Wars cavalry (1745 Jacobite rebellion), Hussars (Crimean), English Civil War on occasion, have been known to do American Civil War... basically anything involving horses apart from Muddy Evil I was wondering, I love the trick riding from the Asian steppes. Problem was I never had a horse to try it on. When everyone else in my neighborhood was BMXing, I was using horse techniques on a mountain bike. Lol, sounds very cool. I used to practice on the side of a land rover! If you ever come over here I'll give you a go on my horse. It's such a buzz I'm trying to convince myself to lose my fear of planes first. And Maets, can we just have strawberries? They are quite expensive locally right now and mine didn't grow this year. |
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« Reply #65 on: September 19, 2011, 03:02:14 pm » |
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Let's see... I've always had an interest in the Victorian era, particularly its fashion, art, design and culture. In particular, I was drawn to the more Gothic incarnations of the period, embodied in classic horror novels such as Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and, most notably, The Phantom of the Opera. Furthermore, from a young age my aunt, then my mother, dragged me along with them to go antiquing all over the place. It was through those shopping excursions that I developed my appreciation for the beauty and craftsmanship of old items, and my distaste for the modern, minimalistic, plastic aesthetic of contemporary objects. Likewise, I moved toward a more 19th-century preference in my choice of clothing. This is not to say that I emerge into the world daily decked out in bustles and top hats (such things are only for special occasions), but I distinctly prefer refined, tailored silhouettes and luxurious fabrics - such as velvet and brocade, mmm - over the flimsy, disintegrate-after-5-washings, garments offered in many stores catering to females today. I've always enjoyed costuming, and I often wondered why, aside from Dickens Christmas and Goth events, there wasn't an event or series of events for Victorian-inclined people to dress up. Something like the Renaissance Faire/SCA, for example. It was maybe two years ago that I began to hear the word 'steampunk' being tossed about with enthusiasm by some of my goth/geek friends. Initially, I couldn't make any sense of it beyond the concept of people running around with random cogs and gears sewn onto their clothing. However, when I was introduced to such things as The Datamancer and Outland Armor, I was as good as lost. Here, at last, was a genre that meshed all my interests in an artistic, innovative, and welcoming community. It's been a wonderful adventure so far; and I cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings. |
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« Reply #66 on: September 19, 2011, 03:04:26 pm » |
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Gach, double post. Sorry.
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« Reply #67 on: September 19, 2011, 03:42:27 pm » |
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i was watching the League of Extrodinary Gentlemen, couldn't work out where i'd seen on of the actors before, turned to imdb and first read the term "Steampunk". absolutely grabbed me and i spent half the night reading up about it on the internet and was hooked - felt like coming home! have always had a love of historical fiction - making "things" - making clothes - having rooms filled with the interesting and slightly bizarre - books! - love of history - love of the imagination and sheer escapism - being able to tweak fashion to how i want it... i could go on and finally my hubby having the same interest and meeting some like-minded people has been great! -Rhylla- |
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von Corax
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Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics
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« Reply #68 on: September 22, 2011, 01:37:04 am » |
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I was strolling the Ætherweb one day, when I tripped over an interesting bit of brass and found myself neck-deep in Steampunk. I am still clinging to the edge — I have yet to take the full plunge — but I am in no hurry to climb out; it's just so comfortable and astonishingly familiar, as though I have always been here...
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« Reply #69 on: September 22, 2011, 06:34:59 am » |
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This picture. That's all it took for me.
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« Reply #70 on: September 22, 2011, 07:18:43 am » |
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OMG I didn't think that picture of me was still around!!!  Heh... Mind you I really like that corset... |
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« Reply #72 on: September 24, 2011, 07:50:49 am » |
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I am teetering on the brink of becoming / embracing my steam-punkedness. I am still trying to wrap my head around what it means to be steampunk. It seems so broad that anyone can be steampunk, but certainly there is an essence that makes a steampunk person a steampunk person.
Someone tell me, what is at the core of a steampunk.
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« Reply #73 on: September 24, 2011, 08:27:14 am » |
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I am teetering on the brink of becoming / embracing my steam-punkedness. I am still trying to wrap my head around what it means to be steampunk. It seems so broad that anyone can be steampunk, but certainly there is an essence that makes a steampunk person a steampunk person.
Someone tell me, what is at the core of a steampunk.
Well in my personal and I'd also say professionally objective "art critic view" is that steampunk as visual art and fashion is at its core a reaction to the uniformity and rather plain appearence of the modern world both in behavior as well as design and art. I also have some feeling that steampunk as a movement may in fact be a broader category for a group of relatively unique subcategories. For instance some wish to make Verne's ideas come to life, while others wish to make modern things better manufactured and more aesthetically pleasing. Even then, those two points (better manfacturing and aesthetically pleasing) sometimes are at odds with one another depending upon who you talk to. We all coexist here quite well, luckily, and by and large pull ideas from the same design aesthetics. This is all very much in the same way that European Surrealism coexisted and often included Magical Realism and Metaphysical Art. Their specific reasons were very different, but the end appearence was largely the same and the members of those groups got along for the most part and often jumped around. As many including myself have stated, we were doing steampunk things or had steampunk ideas long before we even knew what it was. (As much as I do believe there are certain guidelines, I don't think a manifesto would ever be possible as there are too many different root concepts to consider just as Victorian visual arts and literature were also varied. Art Nouveau vs. Neo-Classicism for example...and to confuse matters...Classical ideas often informed Art Nouveu artists and designers) If you have "steampunked-ness" embrace it...worry about defining it later. (I paid $30,000 to go to school to have a paper saying I can think critically on art and graduated in the top 10% of my class...and I still don't have a 50% definition let alone 100%...I just know I like steampunk just as I like Chinese food, I'm not sure what is all in it, but it tastes good.) |
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« Reply #74 on: September 24, 2011, 09:39:03 am » |
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I have always been fascinated with Early Victorian literature, history and styles. I have also been collecting early Victorian relics, I go to every auction or sale. Without knowing about Steampunk. I was searching on the internet on how to repair an ancient mechanical clock and I stumbled onto a website describing steampunk and showing a few examples of some art and mods and I was hooked immediately. Unfortunately where I live people are very narrow minded and if I even mention Steampunk they ridicule me or try and exorcise me. Then I found this forum and now I am happy! |
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