Playing Your Style! Switching Gears - Steampunk Art. And it all began because of a Sickle Sharpener.
When I heard we had been given a Sickle Sharpener, lets say I was less than thrilled. As soon as we took possession of said Sickle Sharpener, my husband found inspiration in the gears, which looked something like this... Then, told me that he was going to be turning them in pieces of Steampunk Art. Can you guess the look I gave him, a cross between 'are you crazy' and 'do you actually expect me to put those things in my our house'. When my husband came home with the most recent Restoration Hardware catalog and there {in this catalog from a home decor store I admire}...gears ranging in price from $80 to almost $200. He won the battle, Steampunk art began and a tutorial was born. First find yourself some gears. Most gears will be dirty, grimy and even rusty. Using a masonry/concrete bit {which should be a standard bit in any set}, carefully drill a hole into your gear. Mix an equal part of JB Weld.
Select and prep a base for your gear. Regency Fashion. Pendragon Costumes - Mad Girl Clothing - Sci-Fi Inspired Leather Clothing. Steampunk Threads: THE LOOK. Mrs. Fitzsimmon's Supportive for the New Woman & etc. STEAMPUNK! (PIC HVY) Steampunk Lady's Artisan Apron Project Details. Bicycle Clothing. "FASHION, as applied to the garb of the wheel-woman, offers but few radical changes for the spring season [1899].
Cycling clothing has passed the experimental stage and has now reached a point where improvement becomes difficult; for the perfect wheeling costume, if not already an accomplished fact, is as near perfection as most people ever expect to see it. The up-to-date suit, indeed, not-withstanding its simple exterior, represents more ingenuity and artistic skill than is exhibited in the most elaborate evening gown. Gathered from an infinite number of sources, every device that the fertile brain of the costumer can produce is applied to its practical advantage or made to contribute to its artistic improvement. " "Materials for the development of cycling clothing remain practically the same as those in vogue last season, though combinations and trimmings are somewhat more affected than formerly.
"Two practical and popular skirt models are shown in Figs. "Figs. ¡The AntiCraft! Christopher Lansdown (photo) Beth Skwareck (model) click image to enlarge A Petticoat for the Ages Although you can make this petticoat as a skirt to wear to work or school, its main utility is in its usefulness for the time-traveler.
Say your future self invents a time machine, and comes back to offer you a ride in it, say next week. Maybe the two of you want to visit the Renaissance, or maybe you're thinking Victorian. And maybe you want to stop and see the American Colonies on the way back, or drop in on a Sock Hop. Just as a space traveler's best friend is his towel, a time traveler's best friend is her petticoat.
Here I'll give you a recipe for a basic petticoat, not too fluffy, suitable for everyday wear as a modern 2000s woman. By Beth Skwarecki Suggested Watching Doctor Who (New or Classic) on the BBC Difficulty Boy Scout Burnout Click here for definitions of difficulty levels. Finished Measurements Download Petticoat pattern with full-sized illustrations (pdf format) Materials The Hem: Edwardian Clothing. Steampunk Clothing from Gentleman's Emporium.
Damsel in this Dress Corsets-Splendid Corsets for Steampunk, Renaissance & Pirate Wear! 15 and a Thrift Store. With the season of "legitimate" public costuming quickly approaching I have been itching to get to work on my steampunk clothing.
Yes- literally itching. It's that feeling on your hands after sorting through racks of junk of countless concourses of other human beings at the thrift store. And you have to use three baby wipes when you get back in the car to wash up before you start to feel even a little bit normal. I have found some real winners though, and I now have a great stash of materials to work with.
Not convincing? Here's some of my inspiration pieces (with elements I like) that I gleaned from the Internets. That is a Steampunk Princess Leia. Yeah she's pretty cool. I really like this skirt. This is great. Here's a picture of an actual period dress in the style I'll be gravitating towards. I did some reading on Victorian-era clothing, and it's amazing--overnight I've become a huge critic.
Because I certainly plan to.