Well, it’s that time of year again! And what a year it’s been…!? There have been lots of changes here at ‘Star Command’ over the last 12 months or so, but the ol’ Blog has remained a constant and steady companion! As always, thanks to all who have written in and commented – a very [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Happy Christmas!!
Posted in Stuff, tagged Happy Christmas on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Copper guitar knob project
Posted in Music, Steampunk, Visual art, tagged brass, copper, copper pipe, electric guitar, guitar, Ibanez, potentiometer on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some time back I lost one of the knurled knobs from my trusty old Ibanez electric guitar…. having failed to find a replacement anywhere, I though I’d have a go at making a new one from copper and brass – it wouldn’t look the same of course but would hopefully echo the brassy look of [...]
Prototype of coppery things to come. . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged brass, copper, copper pipe, keyring, light pull, steampunk on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a couple of shots of my latest set of creations – a series of keyrings or light pulls (depending on the size and weight of them) made in a copper/brass steampunk styling. Below is a representative sample – I forgot to put anything in to show scale but the relative sized of the various [...]
