What makes Steam Punk Art appeal to you?

Posted by Shawn on December 6, 2010 at 2:16pm

I'll go first since I am asking

For me it's the mad scientist in me. I love to tinker with things , and make things look out of this world so Steam Punk Art is in my blood even before I knew what it was called.  The freedom of it really lends it's self to the CBG as there are no rules and thats how I like it.

The Steam Punk world says it must be victorian looking but they also say that it is a reflection of if steam was used instead of gas up to this point in history kind of a perodox as I see this as the mind works differntly for every genaration and reflects the time.

 I hope I have got your inner Tinkerer turned on and set the gears in motion LOL

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  • Bristol Blue January 9, 2016 at 4:16pm

    Hi Shawn , sorry if I'm repeating myself.( I.T confusion issues!) ..  Yes Bristol Blue Glass did make "hand grenade type" extinguishers amongst other things. They started in Bristol 1780's - 1923 & again 1989 - present making all kinds of stuff , Those victorian extinguishers could be very pretty and are now rare as rocking horse shit ! In the 1990's they made the bottles for Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry and someone a few years back was selling bottleneck slides he had made from the sherry bottles. Despite the tag , I ironically don'r own one lol ! 

    • Shawn > Bristol Blue January 9, 2016 at 11:33pm
      Wow cool info now I wished I knew that before I used it. I bought it for $5 at a junk shop about 9 years ago.
    • Bristol Blue > Shawn January 10, 2016 at 2:54am

      Did you actually use it to put out a fire? Pinterest & E-bay : Recent-ish sales /auction prices for 1880's examples seem to be between $200 - $440 depending on condition . Junk shops & charity shops are my hangouts! Yesterday I picked up an antique copper bed warming pan for £9.99 from the PDSA shop. They had it since November for £19.99 & when I explained I could  buy it on E-bay for less,  but I  would rather their animal charity got the money they kindly obliged . The woman thought I was a nutcase when I explained what a Panjo is :-D

  • Shawn January 9, 2016 at 2:57pm
    One I did for a customer

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  • Shawn January 9, 2016 at 2:55pm
    Another

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  • Shawn January 9, 2016 at 2:54pm
    Just something I built

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  • Shawn August 28, 2015 at 8:56am
    I love when I find that one piece that unlocks the creative

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    • Bristol Blue > Shawn December 29, 2015 at 9:58pm

      Hi Shawn & Duck.. Not really sure if I "get" Steampunk , Clockpunk or Dieselpunk but there are way cool aesthetics to be found and utilised in guitar & CBG design. Love your CBG's guys!

      By the way Shawn, that "Strat" .... Is that a brass oil syringe I see there? 

      Cheers,

      Shaun aka Bristol Blue 

    • Shawn > Bristol Blue January 9, 2016 at 2:59pm
      Bristol blues that a hand held fire extinguisher from the early 20's.
    • Thomas "Duck" Petry > Bristol Blue December 30, 2015 at 9:54am

      Conceptually I don't think that "getting" is a problem.  My idea of the builds is that they should look functional and have a design that conveys some sort of internal power source that can be explained to folks in a logical "background tale" of its design and creation.  Just hanging a bunch of mechanical stuff on a CBG can look cool, but being able to describe it's reason to the general public in a believable manner adds to the fun.  Still working on my second steampunk build and letting it tell me how it should evolve.......Hmmm.......maybe you have something there Bristol Blue, that dieselpunk comment is brewing.

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