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 found-item quotient in the work, and one is reliant on ‘fate’ to provide just the right component.
Anyway, here are some ‘work in progress’ shots of three items currently in production. They are all very nearly completed, although I’m having great difficultly taking good photos of them to show them in their full glory (I’m addressing currently this issue and hoping to enlist the help of my talented photographic friend PB to get some better ones).
Firstly is my Steampunk Carrying Case, which is an attractive yet functional case for holding/transporting some musical equipment – I’ve got lots of WIP building shots of this project which will go up on the trusty Flikr site when the whole thing is done:
Steampunk Carrying Case
Next is a snapshot of a new steapunk wall light made from lots of my favourite material, copper tubing. This is a really interesting piece that folds flat to the wall, yet swings out as a reading lamp over my window seat. Hard to describe and incredibly hard to photograph, I hope to have a full post written on this item very soon:
Steampunk wall lamp
Last but not least is a floor-standing ‘tap’ lamp, made from lots of copper tubing again and a brass tap arrangement found in a skip. This has an aged-appearance, the details of which again will take a bit of explanation. It stands taller than me (and I’m six foot five!) so is quite an impressive piece, but again a nightmare to fit in a photographic view finder:
Steampunk 'tap' lamp
So, as you can see I’ve not been sitting around idly, and I promise to finish them and write complete posts asap. Thanks to the person for chasing me up – you know who you are!!
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