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Flying High With Your Crew

May 17, 2012
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Flying High With Your Crew

Airships are one of the first things people think of when it comes to Steampunk.  Searching through websites and resources you come across a multitude of airship crews, pirates, and various lighter than air based forms of transportation.  Both a standard and a cliché of the genre, more are formed every week as people decide to do their spin on the idea.  It may seem like an overwrought concept that has seen it’s time alongside Mad Scientists and Explorers.  I’ve even advocated the use of new ideas for Steampunk personas in the past. Is there a time and place...

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Travelin’ Fast an Light, but Still Goin’ to The Fair!

May 16, 2012
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Travelin’ Fast an Light, but Still Goin’ to The Fair!

The Steampunk World’s Fair:  The world’s largest, friendliest Steampunk Event!   … the most festive Steampunk festival, the largest Steampunk convention or Steampunk weekend or, in general, the largest “Steampunk event” anywhere… that would be us!   Thank you so much for coming by! Wait a minute… this abode of madpersons, this strange and unorthodox castle of capers and cracked cobbers… this is Steampunk’s largest gathering?...

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Genevieve Yang of Psyche Corps Grants an Interview

May 16, 2012
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Genevieve Yang of Psyche Corps Grants an Interview

Here at The Art of Steampunk (aka S.S. Kali’s Hourglass), we try hard to ally with others that want to share good fun and creative art in all its forms.  We also tend to really like art that leans toward Sci-Fi or what the Lotus Comic staff define as “Nerdy” vs “Geeky.”   Along that line, I would like to bring your attention to a...

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The Gatehouse Gazette Surfaces in an All New Format!

May 7, 2012
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The Gatehouse Gazette, an online and print version magazine, presented a great variety of writers and information about Dieselpunk and Steampunk culture during it’s most critical growth and expansion into modern awareness.  In fact, they helped organize and promote the “Great Steampunk debate” in...

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The Con Report: The Steampunk Empire Symposium

May 7, 2012
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The Con Report: The Steampunk Empire Symposium

The last few years have seen an explosion of new Steampunk conventions, especially in the American Midwest. They not only thrive but sell out their tickets each year, and the quality of the guests and events is second-to-none. New Steampunk conventions continue to spring...

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BB Blackdog on Tour in Steampunk Land

May 3, 2012
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BB Blackdog on Tour in Steampunk Land

  Left to Right – John, Dale and Axel of BBB I recently had the privilege of meeting the members of a really interesting, bluesy, and soulful band called BB Blackdog at the new Steampmunk and Paranormal Convention, “The Nightmare Machine,” presented by the...

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The Raven Fails to Take Flight

April 28, 2012
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The Raven Fails to Take Flight

The Raven is a poem written by the famed gothic horror writer Edgar Allen Poe. Aside from the occasional appearance in the movie and slim hints at foreshadowing, that’s about all the title has in common with this movie. A period piece that attempts...

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What’s in a Name or Title? Steampunk Persona Ideas

April 12, 2012
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What’s in a Name or Title? Steampunk Persona Ideas

Personas are a common part of Steampunk. Many who partake in our beloved sub-culture do more than just dress up or create art; they also take on an alternate personality to immerse themselves in the future that could’ve been. When searching the Internet for...

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Capital effort, Ladies and Gentlemen!

April 6, 2012
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Within the past two months, a handful of Steampunk projects have ventured forth to secure funding and each has found its needs met through the micro-lending opportunities presented by Kickstarter and Crowdfunder. Doctor Fantastique’s Show of Wonders is no stranger to the world of...

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Press Release: S.T.E.A.M.Fest Hangs the Moon

April 4, 2012
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Emilie P. Bush The Artifice Club – Public Relations Manager 678-896-9493 Email: TheArtificeClub@gmail.com Attn: Emilie P. Bush in the subject line Robert Drake Academy Theatre Tel: 404-474-8332 Email: academytheatre30002@yahoo.com April 3, 2012 S.T.E.A.M.Fest BRINGS THE WORLD (AND THE MOON) TO...

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Press Release: Steampunk Photo Odyssey and Fashion Show Fundraiser

April 3, 2012
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Press Release: Steampunk Photo Odyssey and Fashion Show Fundraiser

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Henderson, NV – Retroscope Fashions and The Clark County Museum presents “Steampunk Photo Odyssey & Fashion Show”, taking place at The Clark County Museum on May 5, 2012 from 1-7pm. An opportunity to photograph vintage costumed models and classic vehicles staged...

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Massive Sci-Fi/Fantasy History Project

April 2, 2012
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It hardly needs to be said that Kickstarter and Crowdfunding have done wonders for the Steampunk community. Here is a project that touches not just upon our expanding corner of the universe but the whole of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Throughout his life,  Charles...

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