Steampunk has its roots as a literary genre, and even though people tend to think of it today as a visual medium there are still plenty of writers out there coming up with Steampunk tales to captivate eager readers. Shanghai Steam is an anthology of stories featuring a mashup of Chinese Wuxia fantasy and Steampunk. […]
At SteampunkGoggles.com we’ve always been about collaboration and highlighting the work of talented artists, and we’re happy to announce our biggest collaboration to date! Steampunk Goggles: The Deck is a hand illustrated, Limited Edition deck of cards featuring Steampunk archetypes wearing artistic renditions of real Steampunk Goggles that are featured on our site. See The […]
Oliver is a widely produced musical around the holidays but The Secret Theatre in Queens, NY will be adding their own twist to the familiar musical by amping up the story’s darker themes and setting it in an industrial Steampunk world. The musical is of course based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist and […]
Mac McGowan, the man behind the goggles recently sported by Adam Lambert on Glee, is clearly a master of his craft. McGowan has been an artisan for over 40 years. “I started doing traditional leathercraft as a hobby back in 1968, when I was 10 years old. During middle school I made extra money by […]
“Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you…I’m into Steampunk” “Oh honey, we know. The goggles really gave it away. But we love you no matter what.” “I’m the luckiest kid in the world!” Has this ever happened to you? Of course it hasn’t. Firstly, because you don’t live in a family sitcom from the […]
Steampunk and innovative technology have always gone hand-in-hand, and The Ascent Personal Vaporizer from Davinci, seems to be leading the way in the vaping trend while proving extremely useful on the Steampunk scene. Vaping in its current form has been around since the early 2000’s, but huge advances in technology, and more options for users, […]
Tomorrow night’s episode of Glee, A Katy or a Gaga featured pop megastar / American Idol runner up Adam Lambert in full steampunk garb, sporting a pair of the Watchmaker’s Dream Steampunk Goggles around his neck, complete with leather strap and double eye-loupe. In this episode, Kurt holds auditions for his new band and must decide […]
Little did Bill Munster know when he placed an order through SteampunkGoggles.com that it would spark a creative avalanche. A graduate of the Germain School of Photography in New York City, and former English teacher, Munster had been been capturing images for years before he stumbled upon Steampunk. “Dover Publishers put out a clip-art book of […]
A recent photo titled “Bollywood Steampunk” has been making a huge splash on the Steampunk scene. The photo of a woman in an Indian-inspired Steampunk costume was photographed at Florida Supercon and quickly went viral, receiving countless shares. While the world was understandably admiring the costume some people wondered who the model was. It turns […]
Artist, illustrator, and web designer John Garrett has certainly got a lot on his plate, but when SteampunkGoggles.com approached him about making some custom artwork the owner and operator of Hypertransitory.com enthusiastically answered the call! Though this is Garrett’s first collaboration with SteampunkGoggles he is no stranger to the genre, and credits comic books for […]
