Here are some shots of a piece I’ve been working on for ages now… the name speaks for itself I reckon!
It’s a gate, specifically designed to act as a secondary barrier into my garden. It’s made entirely from found items of metal, welded into a hopefully attractive and unusual pattern. All the bits are scrap/found, [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Work in Progress – The Gate of Confusion!
Posted in Visual art, tagged found items, garden gate, gate, iron, iron work, welding on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bizarre lantern find. . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged found items, lamp, lantern, lighting, skip, steampunk on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I dragged out of a local skip yesterday!
I’ve no idea what it is – it looks like a recessed lantern but has a ‘bulb’ of the heat-ray type? Clearly it’s pretty ancient – I considered wiring it to the mains to see if it still works but decided against it on a health [...]
Great bit of ‘copper-based’ advertising!
Posted in Design/Creative, Steampunk, tagged deodorants, steampunk on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has anyone seen the new ‘Sure for Women’ ad currently showing in ads, mags and on bill boards all over the UK at the mo:
With my predilection for all things copper (particularly things made out of coins!) I just thought this was a very clever bit of photography/Photoshopping/advertising. . .
Steampunk Deodorants – whatever next…!?
Copper finds from Lille
Posted in Stuff, tagged brass, copper, Eurostar, Lille on July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had the good fortune to go to Lille for the day this week (surprisingly easy from London on the Eurostar – many thanks to SM for the opportunity!)
Wandering round the streets in the glorious sunshine, I took some shots of lots of brass and copper things I came across. Here are some fairly random [...]
Ikea Hacker article
Posted in Stuff, tagged candles, candlestick, hacks, IKEA, IKEA Hacker on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Was delighted to see my ‘Victorian candlestick’s poor cousin‘ post got accepted for a little mention on the excellent IKEA Hacker blog…
Click here to see it, along with a few work-in-progress shots that wern’t on the original post.
Many thanks to Workshop Shed Andy for the ‘heads up’ on the site!
Navaro at Spratton Folk Festival 2009
Posted in Music, tagged festival, navaro, spratton, spratton folk festival on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year around this time, Navaro played at the Spratton Folk Festival on the Club Tent Stage. Anyone reading that post may recall that I hoped this year we would play there again, but this time on the Main Stage. . . and indeed we did!
It was great event, very efficiently organised, a marvellous [...]
Steampunk Works In Progress (WIPs). . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged brass, carry case, copper, found art, lamps, recycled, steam punk, steampunk, tap on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Someone wrote to me a little while ago and asked, in no uncertain terms, why I’d not made/posted any steampunky things lately!?
I’ve actually been working really hard on several items but (as anyone who makes these things will tell you!) they often take quite a long time to build, particularly when there is a high [...]
Shed of the Year votes are in. . .
Posted in Stuff, tagged Clivey's Shed, shed, shed of the year, shedblog on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The results of the public voting for Shed of the Year 2009 are now in!
I’m sad to say I did not win, but was delighted to come in the top 5 for my category (workshops) – a huge thanks to everyone I harangued into voting for me, and also to those who just did [...]
