The artisan of this lovely piece of steampunk-styled jewelry hides behind the banner of Heterodyne Designs where “rare artifacts and oddities” are assembled by the artisan herself, a Miss Alexandra Sforza, as well as her sister, Victoria. They provide much of their whimsical creations for sale there, though they may also be contemplated in a Profile with no strings attached.

Mr Jack Rose of the blog, Gearing Up, sat down for an Interview with Miss Sforza, Alexandra that is, a little while ago, in which she talks about what inspired her work (Jules Verne, Indiana Jones, and Girl Genius, to list a few) as well as what made her interested in crafting steampunk jewelry specifically. “I’d been looking at steampunk items for a long while,” she explains, though when she developed a liking for the steampunk aesthetic, “crafters were far and few between.” Fortunately, the appreciator of steampunk jewelry today is better off, for, as Miss Sforza notes, nowadays, “there are hundreds of steampunk artists all making lovely things.”

Jennifer Rodgers is a very talented artist of a variety of genres, who has recently gained the attention of the steampunk community for her Victorian and steampunk themed work. In this she combines historical imagery with science-fiction, the fantastic, the supernatural, and the bizarre. In addition, she is known for a series of steampunk and pulp adventure themed pinups that combine vintage poses with a retro-futurist appearance. Her web site galleries are full of wonderful examples of her work, and they show just how spot on most of it is for a great many of your tastes.

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Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators & Other Marvelous Contraptions, that incredible factory of rayguns made by our friends at Weta Workshop in New Zealand, has created two beautiful new rayguns for sale. Pictured above is Lord Cockswain’s Ray-Blunderbuss “The Unnatural Selector” which should be more than enough for one wishing to go on an interplanetary safari. This beauty is quite the beast in terms of size! Follow the jump for a picture that documents the size of this thing as well as a picture of the other new “Infallible Aether Oscillator,” the Goliathon 800 Moon Hater Death Ray! We would also like to thank Dr. Grodbort’s for generously linking to our humble blog!

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I’m not sure if anyone else here is a fan of the show The Venture Bros. (Super Scientists and Victorianists meet occasionally, I’m sure!), but the episode on August 10th - ORB (spoilers) - had a lovely little Steampunk interlude. Not only were characters on an airship, being attacked by Nikola Tesla, but the group was a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-esque group, composed of a lovely swath of Victoriana.

Of course, I’m a sucker for well-done League references, but I also rather liked the architecture of the airship itself. It’s in a similar vein as the Three Rings Design submarine-office, that we’ve discussed previously, as well as the sheer beauty of DisneySea’s Mysterious Island.

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Anachrotechnofetishism Art Show Link
If you’re in Seattle, Washington, USA from September 12th thru October 3rd, you should go check this steampunk art show out.

The usual suspects are all there showing their talent, including the new addition of lovely Missmonster to the rabble. So those of you in the northwest of the USA have something to go to, and any visitors have something new to look for too.

A good chum of came across this interesting page of antique dive suits and various submarine designs from different eras. It’s quite a mixed bag, but some of the pictures are downright fascinating.

And while we’re both here, you may be interested in some of these interesting Steampunk works I found on DeviantArt. All of them safe for work, I assure you. I do apologize if these have been posted before. I hope, if such is the case, that you will feel that they are worth seeing twice.

Two steampunk robots and a steam-driven bicycle

Two more cartoonish steampunk robots

A steampunk countess with fan and goggles

Mighty steam-powered war machines

Another steampunk lady, this one in a library

A steampunk explorer ready for action with his elephant gun, clockwork armguard, and monkey

An enormous steampunk robot being inspected

If you have some art you wish to share, perhaps the comments would be a good place to do so? Thank you for your time, and I hope there was something here that you enjoyed.

Mr Donovan creates some beautifully distinctive Steampunk lamps, which we’ve seen before, laden with brass mesh, naked lightbulbs and curled ornate metals. He is also the very fortunate (and hard working) curator of the upcoming Steampunk Exhibition being held in Bridgehampton, New York next month!

As you can see from the list above, there are some very well loved members of the Steampunk community involved and I think it’d be utterly wonderful to see a whole exhibition devoted to the art and design of some of these very inspiring people.

So, if you can manage to get to Bridgehampton, NY, some time between the 16th and the 24th of August, then perhaps you’ll find yourself surrounded by works of art and engineering in a concentrated bubble of Steampunk. And if you do - please let me know all about it!

We have known since 1862 (thank you James Glaisher) that high altitude was a cold place to be, and no Steampunk explorer worth their salt hasn’t considered the arctic, the antactic and the peaks of mountains a challenging place to go, (not to mention hunting down the 1930’s Shangri-La) but in places such as these, perhaps your usual brass goggles are not quite up to the task.

Enter Mr Rice, engineer, and his brass snow goggles with optional attenuators (shown in the up-position above). With thin slits to prevent against snow blindness, as might be seen in traditional snow goggles, these handsome and comfortable looking alternatives could probably be used for signalling too! In unrelated news, the inuit also had some rather impressive snow goggles too. Very nicely done, Mr Rice.

If you are the lucky ones who have friends/family/holidays in Brittany. You have to go to Nantes.
First of all, the city saw the birth of one of our beloved genius, Jules Vernes. But I will not talk literature now, but mechanics.
When you go downtown, near the river Loire, there is a very particular island in which dwell many stange creatures, half steel, half wood. The Machines de L’île is an artistic project situated in the former warehouses of the Nantes shipyard.
Part Vernes, part Vinci and definitely part Dr Moreau, you cannot miss the gallery of the Machines, the Heron Tree and the Great Elephant (dare you ride it?).
It is worth the travel for any steampunk lover!
Picture : Nautilus Nantes

“The new steampunk & dieselpunk magazine” is here with the release of the first issue of the Gatehouse Gazette.

In this first issue, the reader with find an introduction to the genre of dieselpunk by Piecraft and Ottens, an interview with Toby Frost, author of the steampunk-in-space novel, Space Captain Smith, an article about the gentleman in modern times by Delphinius Tucker, steampunk fashion and couture by Hilde Heyvaert, a review of the latest Indiana Jones film by Jack Rose, steampunk poetry, essays, cartoons—and more!

Please click here to download it.