Articles for tag: Steampunk

5 Ways to Decorate a Plain Journal

When you go to the store to buy a journal, there are beautifully decorated ones with crazy expensive prices. The plain ones are often the cheapest, but they are a solid color and quite drab. You can dress up the boring plain ones for far less money then buying the fancy ones. Decorate your journal ...

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Creative Gears Grinding with Steampunk

What has antique brass, clockwork gears, Victorian romance, science-fiction fringes, mad-scientist futurism and is packed with attitude? Steampunk. Crafters especially enjoy and respect Steampunking because of its aesthetic value, variety and deeply creative expression. This sort of futuristic revival of the Victorian age, mixed with fantasy includes clothing, music, art, literature, gadgets, vehicles, tools and ...

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Do it Yourself Steampunk Accessories

Steampunk is an often misunderstood yet heavily followed trend these days. When asked specifically what steampunk is, many joke that it is goth with a little ecru and sepia added in. Nothing is farther than the truth. Steampunk refers to an alternative history of sorts. It can be loosely defined as the science fiction altered ...

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Big Budget Steampunk Decor

If you love the steampunk look and want to create it on a large scale in your home, you’re in luck. There are a number of home accessories and decor items you can use to create that kind of look in your own home. Steampunk is not only very popular, it’s also very very cool, ...

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Steam Powered Giraffe: Steampunk Performance Artists Making Ironic Commentary on Soulless State of the Auto-tune Generation

The sedated condition of contemporary pop music needs something to resuscitate it before it flatlines. Anyone for a dose of steampunk-flavored vaudeville performance art? Steam Powered Giraffe is damnably difficult to pigeonhole. Which does much to explain why this trio of robots are performing daily at the San Diego Zoo while Katy Perry sells out ...

The Best Way to Make a Steampunk Costume

It is important to know that steampunk is a combination of elements of the Victorian era with scientific invention in order to make the best steampunk costume. You also need to understand that this is a trend in literature and fashion. Try to be creative and innovative in order to make the best costume, and ...