The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

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Learning to read – Steampunk Style!

| 16. Mai 2013

Want to get your children into Steampunk at a really early age? Why not use the Steampunk Alphabet Book: It is not only a wonderful tool for early exposure to your favourite subculture and an excellent way to teach very early learning skills, no, as you can see, it is also a beautiful work of [...]

The surprising need for strangeness

| 15. Mai 2013

Strangeness is great. After all, we Steampunks are a pretty strange bunch. Now listen to this: Strangeness is a great thing, triggering innovation and change, as Maria Bezaitis will tell you: So people: Stay strange and help humanity! Oh, and by the way: Have you noticed the Steampunk decor in the background? Yes, it seems [...]

Steampunk Magic Book – The Fundraiser

| 9. Mai 2013

Alex of the Steampunk Magic Book (see below) got back to me and informed me he now has a fundraiser running to get the book in print. Concerning the fundraiser, I think it is most important to know that the art, all 48 pages of it, is already finished. The fundraiser is for the print [...]

Ray Harryhausen – Another Great Old Master has passed on

| 7. Mai 2013

It is with great sadness I report the passing on of Ray Harryhausen, a true Great Old Master of special effects in the pre-CGI era and one of the legends of modern cinema. He made the monsters in Clash of the Titans, The 7th Voyage of Sindbad and others come to life. Where today, dozens [...]

Reader’s Feedback

| 1. Mai 2013

Well, what can I say, it is things like this that make writing this blog more than just worthwhile and have turned it into more than a hobby. From my ætherbox: I love you all!

Spanish Steampunk Magic Book

| 29. April 2013

I have often times praised the Spanish Steampunk scene here on my blog. Our Spanish friends have created a scene that just keeps on creating. Case in point, Alex of Steampunkeye has created a Steampunk magic book, a work in progress and looking very promising: So, pay him a visit and check the site out (it [...]

Battleship Barnum’s Dream – It truely is a dream

| 24. April 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, every now and then, I find a true jewel in my ætherbox, a link to a site, video or image that s truly inspiring. Today, I found an æthermail by the most honourable gentleman Ed Ross,presenting his creation, the battleship Barnum’s Dream. A stunning masterpiece of craftsmanship and a suitable story to [...]

Steampunk Photoshoot with Mahafsoun

| 17. April 2013

The fair lady Mahafsoun, regular readers of this blog will be familiar with her, has now officially crossed into Steampunk after carving out a significant place for herself in the Heavy Metal and Gothic scenes. I think it was only a matter of time, since the scenes are connected anyway and Mahafsoun is doing a [...]

Fight alongside Batman! Do it!

| 16. April 2013

I guess I am not the only one here who dreamt of fighting along one superhero or another. Well, as it turns out, we all have the chance to join Batman’s team in a fight for a better world. As of today, I have joined the team and I urge every single one of you [...]

J.W.Kinsey’s Artifice – Third feature

| 14. April 2013

Now this is a first. To be more precise, this is the first time a website gets featured three times, but J.W.Kinsey’s Artifice truly deserves it. Mr. Kinsey is a master craftsman, creating one wonderful artifact after another, so it is with great pleasure I present the following gallery o his latest inventions (and a portrait [...]