On the East cost USA.



All the info for this show is here

http://artdonovan.vox.com/

On the East cost USA.



All the info for this show is here

http://artdonovan.vox.com/

Go if you can dressed to the 9's , if you can not go tell others of it so they may go.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080725

The Girl Genius comic for Friday, July 25, 2008 has been posted.

Steampunk Empire Strikes Back!

I love Boba Fett, he looks like that guy from Hellboy.

Links to the Beaded Mitts and the Miser's Purse patterns, finally, now that signals are flowing through the AEther again despite my using a wood-burning ISP.  There are other antique patterns on the blog as well that might be useful to you guys so check out the Free Vintage Patterns List. Mostly Victorian and definitely NO doilies or baby things.

I've been intending on knitting the striped 1880s stockings for a couple years but I haven't found the right yarn yet.

This is my first steampunk airship woodblock! I hope you like it. 8-] It's on my etsy shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13569236

Thanx for taking a look.

Though surely an act of cruelty to children, in a FANTASY WORLD, what would you name your own little invention?

Actor Jason Lee has named his son Pilot Inspektor
 

And here it is, today's moment of zen:



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You probably all already read Jake's blog, but just in case: He would like you to know about this auction, benefiting the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. It's a very cool charity drive, where artists and crafters have donated items, which shadesong will use to write stories. Follow the links to the auction, or just go straight to her journal to sponsor her, read the FAQ, and look at the items. Several things are steamy.

Why do I care, in the interest of full disclosure? Because she's my friend, and because I knitted two of the things in the auction. Also, because Jake's dreamy.

I've been playing with making the garters with attaches accessories. I'm hording the vintage medical supplies but I came across some lab quality glass vials in the garage. (The other half is an environmental scientists...lots of gadgets).



Amber Confidential - Steampunk Garter With Glass Vial

Someone is watching me. Rather, someone is keeping a very close eye on our Etsy shop. I posted some new items just a few minutes ago. Before I could get here to show it off this had sold.

( More New Creations )

Saw this "Traditional Gyro" in my Lamps Plus catalog...

I'll be (hopefully) hosting a Winter Ball later this year which will be of the masque variety. I thought as host I should wear something suitably garish and noticable and so have decided on the theme of a peacock.

However, the main element I wanted to incorporate was a peacock feather eye cloak wherin the full garment had the feathers layered in such a way as to make only the beautiful eyes visible.

I was struck by an idea today though that this may well work better with a slightly Steampunk twist both for cost - since peacock feathers are really quite expensive - and appearance.

So I thought I should pop my head in here and pick your brains, figuratively speaking. Suggest a way of making peacock feather eyes out of Steampunk materials - cogs, sheet metal. &c - which makes each eye less expensive than a feather (approx. £1.40 GBP). Ideally the loose idea I have is that I'd purchase a bulk of cogs, washers and the like and sew, glue or solder them together to create the eyes I want, though I'm very unsure about this.

Due to the amount of fabric involved in the cloak I think I'm looking at using somewhere in the region of 250-500 'feathers' for the whole thing, possibly interspersed with one or two real feathers. There shall certainly be peacock feathers on whatever hat I end up wearing.

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/41885180/c/20.html


I always find the most beautiful boots I cant afford...

These would've been posted sooner but my computer's power supply took the big dirt nap last week and I couldn't replace it until I got a paycheck. The copper coils inside the old one have potential for much plotting of evil--muhuhahahaaaa!



The first one is the ubiquitous Victorian Miser's Purse. Based on an 1870s pattern. ( More babbling plus a half-nude hand... )