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Steampunk Jewelry Steampunk Goggles & Diadems by MadArtjewelry. Gummi Bear Chandelier Is the Sweetest Light Source Around | Sust. Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) are more energy-efficient than incandescents and cheaper than LEDs, but sometimes the light emitted from the mercury-filled bulbs is a little harsh. So what better way to mellow it than with a gummi bear-laden chandelier? The Candelier chandelier from Jellio features 5,000 hand-strung acrylic gummi bears surrounding a 50 watt CFL bulb. Only 10 of the 50-pound chandeliers will be made--and we're guessing they won't be cheap.

But hey, isn't it worth it to be able to say that you have the sweetest chandelier ever? [Via Swiss Miss] The Steampunk Workshop | Technology & Romance - Fashion, Style, Gear Ring Is Like Mechanical Catnip to Nerds | Gadget Lab | Wire. “Stop playing with your ring!” This is something you have probably all heard at one time, as you twiddle away with your fingers and annoy the hell out of the people around. Well, those intolerant fools can suck it: the Kinekt Gear Ring is *made* for playing with. The surgical steel circle has two bands running around the outer edges with teeth that engage six tiny cogs that spin between them.

These cogs mesh with the teeth and make a finger-band that will be impossible to stop spinning. The ring will cost you $165, Buying one as a gift for a geek-in-law is like buying a drum-kit for your nephew: the giftee will love you. Gear Ring [Kinekt via Uncrate] Steampunk Images. Cosplay Lab Costumes Cosplayers and Contacts. A Clockwork Guitar, the Steampunk Stratocaster | The Steampunk W. I have a Fender US Highway One series Stratocaster, which is a half decent guitar, but looks just like a million other Strats. I had been planning to replace the pick guard with a black mother of pearl guard but my experiments in electrolytic etching made me think I'd like to try something a bit more unique.

Thus the Steampunk Strat was born. I started by scanning the pick guard and printing out a bunch of copies that I could sketch on until I got the image that I wanted. Next I carefully traced an outline of the pick guard and begun to draw my image. The concept was to make the pick guard look like a brass clock escapement with gears, cogs and a flywheel. Google images was instrumental in finding images of clock escapements I could cadge features from. Next step was to cut the brass and to iron a laser printed reverse image on it. There were some gaps and flaws in the toner mask so I touched it up with paint. Mysterious energies etch away the copper and zinc components of the brass.