steampunk

Showing Cardboard Admiration Towards Steampunk Weapons

Showing Cardboard Admiration Towards Steampunk Weapons

By Homemade Game Guru

Homemade Game Guru

As a fanatic crafting fan, inventor, author and designer, I just enjoy making new things for the fun of it! I operate an award-winning how-to You Tube channel called The Homemade Game Guru to share my love of creation with people worldwide. Utilizing cardboard in grandiose ways is my specialty.

I also run an unique online design class to help anyone create a Personal Family Tree Board Game. You can sign up for that class here.

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Oh, the world of steampunk… I’ve always known about the term ‘steampunk’ but for the longest time I never looked deeper into the phenomena that has hypnotized so many ardent crafting artist, geeks, cosplayers and designers. My complete neglect of this fascinating movement changed last month through a chance online conversation. While trying to promote […]

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19 Timeless Creations Found at the Steampunk World’s Fair

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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From a guy who made a wrench the size of a kid, to a sculptor who built a 16-foot robot, you’d be amazed at the number and variety of artists and makers at every level of the Steampunk World’s Fair.

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Dr. Brassy Wants to Keep an Eye on You

Dr. Brassy Wants to Keep an Eye on You

By E.J. Strauss

E.J. Strauss

Socially functional genius with a focus on subtractive machining--produces circuitry to drive small scale Cartesian carve bots.

Award winning face fur. Freelance fabrication and prop work.

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One of the defining tropes of the steampunk community is that the term is allowed to mean whatever you want it to mean. Steampunk is that strange place where costuming and subculture overlap and intermingle. Dr. Brassy Steamington, occasionally referred to as Kimberlee McDermott, has been a punk since the term was coined—long before it found footing in the American lexicon.

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Maker’s Portfolio Video Becomes Touching Remembrance

Maker’s Portfolio Video Becomes Touching Remembrance

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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A portfolio video, shot for a very talented and inspiring young maker, becomes a testament to her impressive life and spirit after she tragically dies weeks after shooting it.

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The Maker Movement Loses Steampunk Artisan: Datamancer

The Maker Movement Loses Steampunk Artisan: Datamancer

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Celebrating the life and work of innovative steampunk artisan Richard “Datamancer” Nagy. RIP, Doc.

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James Carrott Talks the World of Steampunk Culture

James Carrott Talks the World of Steampunk Culture

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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James Carrott, cultural historian and author of the book Vintage tomorrows, speaks about steampunk and how the makers met the “imaginers”.

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