I finally got around to finishing off another necklace the other day and have a few more very nearly complete, I am just waiting for some more wire through the post to get the chains made. Clicking any of the images in this post will take you through to the exact item for sale on etsy. I have also opened a etsy store to sell some of the things that I make as I have had many requests, check it… (more…)
It has been a while since I made a post here, things are quite mental at work, which they always are, trying to get the software finished and out yesterday; along with my other full time job which leaves me with no time for well anything specially my steamy projects. I have made a start on my goggles, for these I replaced one of the side ‘covers’ which went all the way through the side with a gear. The way… (more…)
I haven’t posted my work on these until now as one of them was a present for a dear friend who is aware of this blog, so I thought it better safe than sorry in spoiling the surprise. These are a series of necklaces I started a while back after making a prototype and everyone I knew or generally anyone who saw it asking where they could get one, so I decided to try a few others each with its… (more…)
I got my period frock coat pattern through the post this week, so hopefully I can some work done on this soon, there will be a large amount of alterations required to get the look I want so I am very tempted to make a version out of a cheaper material (such as cotton) than the leather I bought for this. I also picked up 2 pairs of cheap welding goggles (about £6 each) around the same, the type where… (more…)
I have found some period jacket patterns that I feel could work well for a steampunk jacket with some minor/major alterations here and there. The thing that started this project off for me (apart from my love for steampunk era) was this jacket I found on ebay some months back; This jacket is made by a company called Impero Leather London (links through to this jacket on ebay), I must say that they have some really lovely items and wish… (more…)
I recently found a great leather jacket that I thought was very post apocalyptic / steampunk in style. But being me and enjoying the creation of a project as much as the finished article and not able to afford the £1300+ they wanted for it I bought myself some huge pieces of leather (114 sq ft for £164 bargain). I may now have a little more than I needed for this project alone, so have come up with a list… (more…)
I ended up doing some more work to the masquerade mask before finally saying it is finished, I always knew that I would, I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking; More images after the break.
One of my recent purchases was for a air purifier gas style mask that people use when spray painting in industry. I haven’t got around to doing anything with this yet so what you see in the picture is the stock item. But it turns out to be a very practical purchase as well as something I hope to mod. Its very useful while cutting and sanding, polishing pieces of brass and other metals and manages to keep that very… (more…)
I managed to get sometime to finish off the masquerade mask that I have been working on. Ok I say finished but it may never be finished as I get tempted to attach another gear while working on other projects if its left out in the open for too long. The pictures I have for these quite large and I have only put thumbs into the post so click on them to bring up a larger picture. I have some… (more…)
I finally got around to finishing off the valentines day present for the wife I had some rustic looking gold/brass chain and clasps, all I had to do was create little metal hoops to secure the clasp on to the end of the chains. The only thing I don’t like about that is that I only had clean bright brass coloured wire but it’s not that obvious and it will be on the back of the neck so hopefully no… (more…)