Look what my friend CCBB has just given me !!! (no steampunk aficionado should be without some, apparently!)
Rather than a niche fashion accessory however, these are Gas Welding Goggles, of a Shade 5 strength. As such they may not offer enough protection for my general arc welding (I think around Shade 8 or so are recommended [...]
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Finally, some goggles!
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged gas welding, goggles, steampunk, welding on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Shed Night logo
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged bat symbol, brand, Clivey's Shed, logo, shed, steampunk, welding on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the success of Inaugural Shed night, some friends and I are working on booking some more dates into the diary (particularly now GG has bought a shiny new MIG welder we all want to have a go on!). . .
We decided we ought to ‘brand’ the event in some way, so that emails / [...]
Steampunky front door
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged brass, copper, door, front door, lantern, Lille, steampunk on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For what seems like months now, I’ve been repairing/restoring my front door!
As well as being pretty old and tired, it’s also faces directly on to a busy main street so gets lots of wear and tear, traffic soot, general grime etc so tends to get pretty shabby, pretty quickly.
I’m not totally convinced by the colour (to [...]
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…!?
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 [...]
Porthole update
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged porthole, steampunk on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick shot of my new ‘porthole’, but following some judicious cleaning and polishing. . . I’ve still no idea what it is / what to do with it, but it now looks so lovely and shiny that it may well just remain on show as a bizarre talking-point / ornament.
(I also remembered to [...]
MADE Magazine Issue 1 (steampunk-tastic!) is out. . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged MADA magazine, steampunk, The Optimus on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, (as you may remember from an earlier post) I got interviewed a little while ago about my steampunk stuff, for inclusion in a new online magazine called MADE.
Issue 1 is now out, and can be seen online here. The full steampunk article is on page 6 where there is an interesting montage of shots, including one of The Optimus!
It’s [...]
Computer speaker stands in copper
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged copper pipe, speakers, steampunk on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been trying to rationalise my computer work space a little at home recently. With both a PC and a MAC to accommodate, two sets of keyboards and mice etc, desktop space is at a premium. I had a couple of quite neat Dell PC speakers on the desk also, but even they seemed [...]
