During the Big River Steampunk Festival, Victoria had a chance to talk to Thomas and Amy about four-legged friends, giant robots, and their dream projects. Interview by Victoria L. Szulc, cover image by Brandy Jaquet Continue reading A Lovely Chat with Amy Wilder and Thomas Dean Willeford
Etching When I was in college, I figured out that the most dangerous room on campus wasn’t what you might expect. It was the print-making lab where I spent a goodly portion of freshman year. There were several large and … Continue reading Part 4 – Taming Metal from Weekend at the Asylum 2014
Fun with Fire Even though it is strongly associated with the Industrial Revolution and the World Wars, welding has been around for thousands of years in one form or another. The Bronze Age (in Europe 3200-600 BCE) and the Iron Age … Continue reading Part 3 – Taming Metal from Weekend at the Asylum 2014
Last time I covered some of the kinder, gentler ways to work with metal. In this post, I want to tell you about soldering. This is the metallurgical technique with which I have the most personal experience. I have used it to … Continue reading Part 2 – Soldering – Taming Metal from Weekend at the Asylum 2014
Automatons need not be confined to human-shaped robots when the whole animal kingdom is out there for mad scientists to toy with! I absolutely love the combination of the organic with the constructed so I am always collecting cool images of “mechanimals.” I’ll be publishing lots of these galleries over time, but I wanted to start with our scaly friends, the fish. If you have an image to share or you see something that has been mis-attributed please let me know by leaving a comment. Continue reading Beautiful Sculptures to take you “Under the Steam” and “Under the Sea”
Friends, makers, cosplayers, lend me your ears! (Or eyes as the case would be) I attended several different sessions during my awesome convention experience in Lincoln in 2014. At the time, I was most interested the sessions about making the cool … Continue reading Taming Metal From Weekend at the Asylum 2014 (Part 1)
Deathbed Confessions is the debut album of Victor & The Bully, who have been around since 2013. During that time they’ve been busy touring around Britain getting their name known on the steampunk circuit. In this review, I’m having a listen to see if it’s worthy of staying in my CD collection.
Deathbed Confessions costs £10 and is available from their BigCartel page here: Victor and The Bully album Continue reading “Victor & The Bully Deathbed Confessions album review”
