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Steam is where it’s at!

Thanks for visiting my blog! I’m a dimensional artist who likes papier mache and art using recycled or repurposed materials. You’ll see what my definition of that is as I get more things up. I can’t...

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Airship progress continues…

Since I’m showing the progress of the airships I have in the works, the next step in the construction involved applying layers of mache over the skeleton structure. I then added a final layer of cut...

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Flight

In order to give the appearance that these airships could really navigate the aether, we must also add fins, or vertical and horizontal stabilizers if you’re more aviation engineering minded. These...

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The hangar

So, here’s a really short post today: Ever wonder where the airships are built? Here’s a peek at the “hangar”… what a mess, eh? That’s the price of creativity…you have no room to turn around! The...

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WORLD STEAM EXPO 2011

Those of you able to attend this year’s World Steam Expo found an exciting and visually impacting show, filled with outstanding costumes, great breakout panels and skilled artisans. The picture...

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Artsmith Craftworks goes Hollywood (part 3)

Disaster strikes… I got a text from Michelle, my contact at the Orange County Film Festival, along with a picture. The text read, Working on a refund right now Mortally wounded Victorian Airship...

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Up, up and away!

Most of what I’ve done in the past from a steampunk standpoint has been dirigibles or airships. I love doing them and they can be quite different from each other while still maintaining the classic...

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Wouldn’t you like to fly in my beautiful…

Balloon! I mentioned in my previous post that there was a repeat order for two more steampunk hot air balloons from the person who bought the first one, so here they are. Orange and yellow Gondola...

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Google airships fly!

Back in November, I told you about building two commissioned steampunk airships for a production designer in Chicago. The build went very well and my client was very happy with the results. He drove...

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