Doktor A Solo Show Preview

The legendary Doktor A, customiser of toys in a Steampunk fashion, has a solo show opening on the 1st April, in Bath, UK.

More info on the IkSentrik Gallery site...

Steampunk Mr Potato Head

A very cool Steampunk custom Mr. Potato Head by artist, Sarah Calvillo.


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Winson Creation's Ape Explorer

Hong Kong's Winson Creations has just released its Space series in the Ape Explorer line. The are two editions of SPACE ADAM that are currently available. The regular dark-red space-suited ORIGINAL SPACE COLOR ADAM (edition size unknown), and the white-suited SPECIAL ADAM - limited to only 400 sets! Both figures will be distributed via Hot Toys and Winson Creation. The detailing in the suits is probably the most incredible that I have ever seen. (See the video and you will know what I mean.








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Fritz Kahn Steampunk Wizard

Influenced by Dada, neue Sachlichkeit, surrealism, futurism, Bauhaus, constructivism, Art Deco, neo-classicism, comic strips, photomontage, and advertising graphics, Fitz Kahn, and the artists working under his direction, visually explained how the human body works, based on the findings of modern biological science. (His images were all created in the 1920's!!)


At the same time, the images refer back to the chaos, violence, impasses, pleasures, dreams, and technological and sociocultural ambitions of early and mid-20th-century Germany.

Kahn deployed a visual vocabulary of modernism to figure industrial modernity within the body and the body within industrial modernity. The result was a corpus of images and tropes which imagined a new body for the modern age.




This video animation was created by Henning M. Lederer in 2009 (using the art of Kahn)it depicts the human body as a huge factory.
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Highlight Custom Toys 2010

It's been a while since a custom toy has floated my boat and in the past couple weeks, there have been a few that have caught my eye. 2010 has just been given an injection of creativity....

Teimaru has done a great job customising Yosuke Yamamoto's Koibito figure.


Phu! has outdone himself once again with this custom Bic Buddy toy entitled, 'Euro'

Southerndrawl using 2 Dunnys and a large Labbit

Images sourced from HERE

Steampunk Gameboy

This sick steampunk GameBoy was made by Thretris.

Taxidermy Art

It's not just about stuffing dead animals anymore. Lisa Black from New Zealand has taken it to the next level and created amazing cyborg animals with a very steampunk feel.

Steampunk Lamp

Named Lyra's Lamp, this very nice Steampunk lamp with an argon filled night-light contains two purple flowers and a pair of green leaves.

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Kris Kuksi Sculpture Update

Entitled, "Anglo-Parisian Barnstormer", this massive, hulking sculpture is Kris Kuksi's newest work for the Musuem of The History Of Science 'Steampunk' Exhibition, in Oxford. Yes, that's right, Steampunk seems to have caught the world by storm and is now being shown at museums!

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The first museum exhibition of Steampunk art.

13 October 2009 – 21 February 2010.

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Another Sick Steampunk Mouse

Russian Modder, Filimon creates an excrutiatingly detailed steampunk mouse from a crappy generic-looking normal mouse...Even the USB connector end has been modded and the whole thing comes in its own case!






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Steampunk Anthology Book

The term "Steampunk" is applied almost too often these days, with some sub-genres even branching out like dieselpunk, greenpunk, stitchpunk etc. This book, however, aims to preserve the purity of the steampunk mainstream by collecting some excellent stories from around the world. Although none are very recent - most of the included stories are from the 1990s and before - there is a reason for that:


"The goal of the anthology was to collect the iconic first/second wave stories along with some interesting variants, also mostly from ten years ago or earlier," says co-editor Jeff VanderMeer, "Steampunk II, which we're working on now, collects reprints from the last ten years". says Ann Vandemeer, the books editor.


If you are unfamiliar with the genre of Steampunk, have a look at my previous posts HERE.

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Michihiro Matsuoka

Japanese artist, Michihiro Matsuoka has created some beautiful steampunk-esque animal sculptures. He likes fusing rusty elements and animal structures to produce weathered looking figures.






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Steampunk Botanical Vasculum

A lovely Steampunk invention by Tim Witteveen. This is a mini terrarium with a solar-powered LED light and a magnifying glass. Perfect for small flats/rooms!





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