Pinhole tophat
Seen on the Make: Flickr Pool, a pinhole camera housed inside of a top hat. Abracadabra Pinhole Camera
steampunk
Contraptors in IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum has a piece on steampunk, featuring our pals Jake von Slatt, Datamancer, and I-Wei Huang. Pictured to the left of Jake above is a project he’s doing for MAKE Volume 17. Can you guess what it is? The desire to make things is an integral part of the steampunk movement. Drawing inspiration from […]
Wacky Handcar Regatta Debuts in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Make was a sponsor of a wonderful event called the Handcar Regatta in Santa Rosa, Calif, which took place practically in our own back yard. Bringing together some of the makers from the Bay Area Maker Faire, and taking steampunk to the public in a new way, the Handcar Regatta used a railway that hasn’t […]
Handcar Regatta, this Sunday in Santa Rosa, CA
This Sunday, September 28, Erasmus P. Kitty will play host to the most splendorous Great West & Railroad Square Handcar Regatta & Exposition of Mechanical and Artistic Wonders, aka The Handcar Regatta. The good doctor promises fun & frolic, song & dance, grace & beauty, and wonderful eccentricities. And free balloons for the kids! (Okay, […]
Von Slatt on Wired Science
Jake von Slatt writes: Last year I had the privilege of tapping a segment for Wired Science with Chris Hardwick. As far as I know the piece never aired (“not sciencey enough” I heard through the grapevine! ;-) ) but it’s finally turned up on the Wired Science website. Steampunk Workshop [Editor’s note: As some […]
Alex CF’s Henrich Emille Rectangle
AlexCF (Brighton, England), who defines himself as a “cryptozoological scientific assemblage artist” is constantly exploring new ways in which he can express his art through various “investigation kits,” retro-scientific instruments, faux-cryptozoological abominations, field notebooks, faux scientific documents, etc. In his latest piece, he creates a fantastic storyline about two German scientists and their surreal discovery […]
Anachrotechnofetishism art show
Anachrotechnofetishism artifacts by pioneers of american steampunk September 12th thru October 3rd Opening reception September, 12th, 6:00PM – 10:00PM Featuring Datamancer, David S. Dowling, Eliza Gauger, Jake von Slatt, Libby Bulloff, Magpie Killjoy, missmonster, Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich, Molly Mitchell, Quentin Ziplash, Rachel “Ratchet” Olson, Steven Archer, Suzanne Rachel Forbes This upcoming Seattle art show includes […]
