Pramzius launches a line of timepieces based on historic trains from a Swiss railroad museum
Staff Report | Apr 7, 2021
Vintage trains and timepieces are icons of steampunk, and now a company in Connecticut has combined the two in Gauge Master, a series of watches that incorporate elements of historic locomotives.
Scenes and characters from HBO’s new science fiction series set in Victorian-era London
Staff Report | Mar 27, 2021
Steampunk fans have been eagerly anticipating The Nevers, the new HBO series about the “Touched,” a group of (mostly) women in Victorian London with unusual powers. Here’s a look at scenes from Season 1.
Long Island-based mixed-media artist Francine Perri makes steampunk collages and jewelry
Staff Report | Mar 16, 2021
Francine Perri is proof that you don’t have to go to art school to create gallery-worthy artwork. A self-taught mixed media artist in Long Island, New York, she’s seen her creations featured in gallery shows, magazines, coffee table books, and more.
Retrofuturistic images from France and Germany offer a historic glimpse into the Year 2000
Staff Report | Oct 28, 2020
Back around 1900, several artists created whimsical images depicting life in the year 2000. They showed great imagination, but also demonstrated the ways in which artists are constrained by their cultural environments. We’ve compiled a gallery.
MB&F enlists a renowned engraver to create timepieces inspired by the science fiction author
Staff Report | Oct 21, 2020
Watchmaker MB&F has teamed with engraver Eddy Jaquet to create a limited-edition series of timepieces inspired by eight Jules Verne novels, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon.
A German theme park opens a new steampunk attraction with its own flying roller coaster
Staff Report | Oct 10, 2020
Here’s a new entry for your steampunk bucket list, at least when international travel restrictions are lifted. Rookburgh is a steampunk-styled area that recently opened at PhantasiaLand, a theme park in Brühl, Germany, near Cologne.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Black Rock City won’t be built in the Nevada desert this year
Staff Report | Apr 11, 2020
Burning Man, the festival that has spawned numerous large-scale steampunk art projects over the years, is going virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The gathering was scheduled for Aug. 30 to Sept. 7 in Northern Nevada.
We are pleased to present this online exhibition in conjunction with Stay Home Comic Con
Staff Report | Mar 28, 2020
See the astonishing costumes. Marvel at the mystifying inventions. Brave the hair-raising adventures. Witness the bizarre tea rituals. We have all this and more in a free online exhibition.
Clockwork Alchemy adds maker programming as it welcomes the founders of Obtainium Works
Staff Report | Mar 3, 2020
Update: Clockwork Alchemy, the San Francisco-area steampunk convention originally scheduled for March 20-22, has been postponed to 2021. This is due to public health orders banning large gatherings in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
More great costumes at the first of two Whitby Steampunk Weekends in North Yorkshire, UK
Photos by Julian Startup and Michael Young | Feb 12, 2020
Steampunk fans clad in splendid, imaginative costumes flocked to the coast of North Yorkshire for Whitby Steampunk Weekend, one of the larger steampunk events in the UK. Held Feb. 8-9, it was the first of two Whitby Steampunk Weekends set for 2020.
