Amanda Scrivener
PROFESSOR ISADORA MAELSTROMME
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Scrivener is a well-known designer of wearable pieces of art whose work is clearly unique. After attending two art colleges to study textiles, jewelry design, and jewelry production, Mme. Scrivenerâs work became inspired by the shadowy side of Victorian England. As her creator persona Professor Maelstromme, she crafts items in her laboratory that will bring to mind romance by gaslight, arcane science, the steam age, carnival sideshow curios, and aged materials from the vaults of the Victorian past. She loves working with pocket watches and wind-up clocks, often cannibalizing them for parts. Mme. Scrivenerâs creations (sometimes designed in collaboration with Thomas Willeford) have been hailed as imaginative oddities that masterfully epitomize the diverse landscape of Steampunk design.
Early Era Lady Automobile Driver Lace Choker, 2010, lace, chains, photograph.
Old Camera Lens Monocle, black and burgundy leather, camera lens.
Watch Chains Steampunk Inspired Necklace, 2010, old pocket watch, old pocket watch chains.
Old Pocket Watch Necklace, 2009, pocket watch, pocket watch chains and clasps.
Old Syringe Necklace, 2009, brass syringe, chains.
Winged Old Broken Pocket Watch Necklace, 2009, broken pocket watch frame, silver ornament, chains.
Steampunk Adventurerâs Club Necklace, 2010, old binoculars, bolts, chains.
Shown here is the Steam Ornithopter, designed and created by Thomas Willeford and Amanda Scrivener, and worn by Scrivener.
Steam Ornithopter, Leather Gas Mask, and Clockwork Arm Replacement Arm Mark II, brass tubing, sheet brass, chrome sheet, various fittings, kydex, leather, found objects. Worn by Scrivener, these pieces were created in collaboration with Thomas Willeford. The raygun was made by Weta Workshops, New Zealand.
Thomas Willeford
LORD ARCHIBALD âFEATHERSâ FEATHERSTONE
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
With degrees in physics, history, and art, it was perhaps inevitable that Thomas Willeford would be a Steampunk enthusiast. His work attempts to blur the precarious line between art and engineering. If upon viewing a piece one does not ask, âDoes that actually work?â then Willeford considers the piece a failure.
Sculpture and wearable art are Willefordâs preferred art forms because he cannot draw or paint very well. Willefordâs alter ego, Lord Archibald âFeathersâ Featherstone has been exhibiting his work throughout the United States and Europe for years. He hopes to continue to support the cause of mad scientists everywhere for many more years to come.
Arachnia Mechanica, brass. Thomas Willefordâs brass spider is a fully articulated stop-motion animation model.
Several angles of Willefordâs Arachnia Mechanica show the details of its construction and movement.
This piece, on display at the Steampunk exhibition, was created by Thomas Willeford and Amanda Scrivener.
Cliff Overton
MAD UNCLE CLIFF
Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
The Gentlemanâs Grooming and Information Station, 2010, approximately 2' x 7' (610 mm x 2130 mm), old farm equipment parts, old water pump parts, old plumbing parts, old lamp shade, old chandelier parts, various salvaged parts, black spray paint. The GGIS has been lurking in the mind of Mad Uncle Cliff for a few years waiting to get out. He wanted to make a bathroom-sink-like device that would be intimidating in a dentist drill sort of way, with articulated arms and lots of functional accessories.
For Cliff Overton, Steampunk art is many things: itâs a rebellion against the beige and plastic look, itâs an attempt to subvert design culture, itâs ornamentation for the sake of ornamentation, itâs recycling and putting the fun back into modern products, and itâs romanticism.
Overton begins any modification by looking at a modern product and trying to decide what it would look like if it were running on steam, and wheels and pistons ...