redsurrealmind:

Sculptures by Prize winning French artist Pierre Matter.

Steampunk is a genre which came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s and incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, horror, and speculative fiction. It involves a setting where steam power is widely used—whether in an alternate history such as Victorian era Britain or “Wild West”-era United States, or in a post-apocalyptic time —that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. This technology includes such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the contemporary authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld and China Mieville.

Other examples of steampunk contain alternative history-style presentations of such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace’s Analytical Engine.

Steampunk also refers to art, fashion, and design that are informed by the aesthetics of Steampunk literature.Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical “steampunk” style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.

falsettofetish:

STEAMPUNK MOTORCYCLES.

I saw these in a parking lot today. Their owners came outside while I was taking pictures, and I basically fangirled at a couple of strangers about how cool their motorcycles are. The woman told me how her husband built them and she seemed really proud and I was frighteningly overenthusiastic and he was very uncomfortable. It was awesome.

giangha:

Honda CB250 - ‘Isabel’

jhameia:

Hey, hey, remember last month’s swag mofo?

THIS swag mofo is Tony Ballard-Smoot, also known as Captain Anthony LaGrange of Columbus-based Airship Archon.

Check out my interview with him. Also check out his impression of Hooper X (in which he kills Steampunk Boba Fett) if you got time.

And don’t remove this text.

medievalpunks:

Medievalpunk Arms Splinted Full with Etching