Lisa Black’s Steampunk Taxidermy

You have probably seen taxidermy and steampunk art before, but have you ever seen them combined?

Lisa Black, a talented young artist from New Zealand, creates the most amazing works of art, by adding cool steampunk elements, like gears, screws, and other metal pieces, to taxidermy animals. This unusual combination creates unique art pieces that are absolutely amazing. LINK

Check out her portfolio at Behance.net

Steampunk halloween display at Screaming Mimi's in NYC

Boing Boing pal Joe Dolce sent them this photo (taken by his friend Jade Furtado) of this "steamin steam punk Halloween window" at the "best vintage shop in NYC, Screaming Mimi's" on Lafayette St. LINK: Boingboing

Steampunk Biomech Bronze Skull

It’s not everyday that sculpture and biomechanics merge. But the Biomech Bronze Skull design has done exactly that.

Thanks to his knowledge of human anatomy, biomechanics, and an unmatched passion for sculpture art, Christopher Conte has been creating unique art pieces like an articulated arm, a carbon fiber spider, etc.; and this biomechanical bronze skull seems to be a high-tech addition to his ever expanding repertoire.

Measuring 6.5cm x 9cm x 9cm, the skull is made using casted hand-finished and machined bronze, along with some components built in aluminum and stainless steel.

Despite it being detailed and intricately built, the skull can’t be called anything else but grotesque. However, if you still want to bring home this freaky futuristic skull, be sure to find a proper place to display it as many among your friends and family may despise it! LINK: Walyou

Steampunk Racer has High-Wheeling Style

Bicycles and steampunk are two concepts that are rarely combined, but work very well together, as shown by this steampunk-style racing bike.
The steampunk genre has a fairly long and interesting history, from the speculative sci-fi novels of the mid-1900s to the steampunk appreciation societies found worldwide today. The bike, however, has an even longer history, starting from the dawn of the 19th century. The most popular design eventually became the penny-farthing – a very distinct bike boasting an enormous front wheel. Modern bicycles look very different from these high-wheelers, but we have all seen penny-farthings in cartoons and movies illustrating life at the end of the 19th century.


The Steampunk Racer was made for a 12-inch bike charity race held in Holland, and not surprisingly, it was awarded for having the best technical construction. This innovative design is inspired by the penny-farthing, but actually has three wheels instead of the usual two. Don’t think that this is your baby sister’s trike, though – this massive racer can seat three people and probably requires at least two just to get it moving. The steampunk influence is obvious but subdued compared to other steampunk items we have featured, like the underwater explorer’s helmet and the massive organ-computer. The organic arch of the frame and the rusty brass that makes up the body of the trike look like it could have easily come out of Victorian era Britain. There’s even an old-fashioned lantern hanging on the front, in case the modern-looking reflector doesn’t do the job. LINK: Walyou

Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair

One of the most easily recognizable icons in western comic book culture is Professor Charles Xavier, a bald man in a wheelchair. Often, the design for the wheelchair is pretty cool; but a fan and artist by the name of Daniel Valdez decided he would do something incredibly unique — he decided to create a Steampunk Professor Xavier and a wheelchair to boot.


The wheelchair from Smeeon is actually an Eastlake Victorian Rocker which has been heavily modded to give it the authentic steampunk look and feel. Every detail from the controls to the seat design, from the pistons to the finish, and everything in between really gives this wheelchair a genuine steampunk feeling to it.



The color scheme is very reminiscent of a Victorian noble, and the wheelchair is controlled by a control panel, similar to the electric wheelchairs we have now, except it is designed to look like it is powered by steam. In fact, the appearance of steam-power is included in the design, as there is a smokestack which produces steam.

The design is definitely very cool, and as a steampunk concept much like the others… It’s simple. It’s appealing. And it is most certainly tried, tested, and true.

LINK: Walyou, Video - Via: Youtube

Steampunk Cell Phone Actually Works

Ivan Mavrovic of Mental Design makes awesome steampunk designs of pens, jewelries, watches and more – but I’m very impressed with his steampunk cell phones: the one above is a working Nokia 2330!

Techi has more pics: Link | More at Ivan’s blog, Via: Neatorama

Warhammer 40K Potato Head

In the spirit of Spudnik, Mr Steampunk Potato Head, I present Tater Titan, a Warhammer 40K mechaspud that shleps notional orks around the apocafuture tabletop.

Tater Titan (Thanks, anonymous commentator), Via: Boingboing

Steampunk figurines from Mauser Earth

Miss Ticklenot (shown here) is one of several new steampunk figurines from Mauser Earth, 5cm high (1/35 scale). The whole collection is just terrific, and would make a great addition to your tabletop conquest-map of Europe or your carefully arranged desk-toy shrine.

MAUSER EARTH (Via: Super Punch) Via: Boingboing

Steampunk hotrod: Ratrod!

Steampunk Workshop features the stellar Steam Trunk Industries Ratrod: a Big-Daddy-Roth-looking hotrod with steampunk accents and enormous character. LINK: Boingboing

Steam Trunk Industries Ratrod!

World's biggest scrap-metal sculpture is a steampunk wonderland

Alex sez, "OMFSM this is made of awesome: Jer Faludi's pictures of a little-known Steampuck/Recycloart masterpiece, the Forevertron."

Dr. Evermor's Forevertron: best steampunk sculpture EVER. Yes, ever. Including all the great stuff at Burning Man. This guy wins. You've just never seen it, because it's in semi-rural Wisconsin (here). It's also the biggest scrap-metal sculpture in the world, so he wins the stuff-recycled-into-art prize, too. LINK: Boingboing

Reimagining Scrap Metal: Dr. Evermor's Forevertron

Jasper Morello Music Video (aka Industrial Steampunk Animation 2.0)

The Tragedy of Jasper Morello - Interpol

Music: Interpol - Pioneer to the Falls

"QOUTE" The editing isn't flashy but is meant to show the basics of story in a few minutes whilst showcasing the artwork. The song used is designed to focus on the three downfalls of the characters. LINK: Youtube


Love the song in this video.

Steampunk Treehouse Takes an Encore

It was a hit in 2008 at the Burning Man. LINK: Youtube

Steampunk CD Player

Steampunk (Neo-Victorian) modification of CD player. Its actual streampunk name is "Prof. Emilio Zuntaras' Bi-Orbital Spectral Audiometer." LINK: Youtube

Steampunk Amelia Earhart Navigational System by Dr. Grymm Laboratories

The Amelia Earheart Navigational System. Presented at the Steampunk Bizarre in Middletown CT on May 1st. Built by Doctor Grymm of www.DrGrymmLaboratories.com, voiced by P. Vanderway, and sound edited by Mark Adams Sound Design.

Doctor Grymm's newest Brainstorm Machine lets Amelia guide you from there to the here-after! LINK: Youtube

Portable MusicBox Clock, Steampunk -ish, Light Goth Design

Mech-Punk, TeslaPunk, Gothish, hurdey-gurdey crank musicbox (song from Phantom of The Opera), with one-hand clock, internal illumination, antique brass camera lens viewer, and ergonomic carrying handles. Won 2010 Juror's Choice Award at southern arizona Desert Artists' Guild Show. LINK: Youtube

The Raygun

A steampunk style lighter in the form of a retro raygun. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010.. LINK: Youtube

Dave Geertsen's Steampunk Motorcycle

This is the home of Dave Geertsen's home made metal sculpture on wheels,the wheels are straight but his custom motorcycles are anything but off the shelf. If you have a creative idea or a custom motor bike part you would like to have made or created by a true artist, metal worker, craftsman and biker you have come to the right place, the home of bentwheel. LINK, [Via: THE NEW CAFE (RACER) SOCIETY]

The Art of Ivan Mavrovic

Click through to Mental Design to see an amazing collection of artwork by Ivan Mavrovic including this skull mouse! LINK

Working steampunk firearms

Jamie sez, "Denver artist Jonathan Alberico has created two fully functional steam punk guns. Black Betty, a dual barrel pistol uses flash paper to shoot fire balls. Doris is a beastly air cannon that fires bouncey ball at high enough speeds to rip through boxes and even bounce back and catch the videographer in the hip! Both pieces have corresponding youtube clips of them in action." LINK: Boingboing



functional Steampunk rifle

functional Steampunk gun 1

Previously:

* Steampunk Nerf guns - Boing Boing
* Steampunk Magazine #2 - Boing Boing
* Mass-produced gun as olde worlde heirloom - Boing Boing
* Steampunk Star Wars modded action figures -- woah! - Boing Boing
* Steampunk Justice League costumes - Boing Boing
* Steampunk PC from Datamancer: The Archbishop - Boing Boing
* Steampunk leather mask with a breathing tube beard Boing Boing

A Visit to a Steampunked Home

Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum started ModVic (Modern Victorian) Home Restoration in June 2007 and have now moved onto steampunk Home Design. ModVic's mission is to authentically restore historic Victorian homes (1850 – 1910) to their original beauty and richness while completely modernizing the home’s systems, functional layout and conveniences for the family of today (sound familiar?). Bruce and Melanie also love the steampunk design aesthetic of combining the best of Victorian high design and craftsmanship with modern functionality and usefulness.

Bruce's home is a Craftsman style Victorian built in 1901. It has a great deal of history associated with it and Bruce has filled it with unusual Craftsman era antiques. But we're interested in steampunk here rather than the merely historical so I'm going to gloss over almost all of that and get to the mods and the steampunk art!

Be sure to go to the LINK this home is amazing.