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Steampunk Artwork Swap

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Steampunk Artwork Swap
Swap Coordinator:dolphingirl (contact)
Swap categories: Art 
Number of people in swap:13
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:June 1, 2009
Date items must be sent by:July 15, 2009
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Anyone else love all the steampunk artwork showing up on Etsy and Livejournal? Do yo love old watch parts, gears, compasses and other cool odds and ends? For this swap you will make your partner one item with a steam punk design. Great place to look for items to alter or use to make your steampunk inspires piece would be thrift stores or antique stores.

Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers (such as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine); these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.

To join this swap, you must have a 4.9 rating or higher with at least 10 hearts to join (from snail mail swaps). You must also have signed into swap bot within a week of the last day to sign up. I am giving ample time to put this swap package together, so please put thought into this one! This swap is international :). Please no ATC's unless your partner has them as a want. It is hard to put a dollar amount on an item you are creating but please try to create something that you would love to receive yourself. I am leaving a nice long time after partners are drawn for you to search out or order online cool items for your steampunk creation and for you to make it.

Discussion

LadyBathory 05/18/2009 #

Watching this :) Any guideline ideas on what to make?

dolphingirl 05/18/2009 #

ideas could include, jewelry (pendant, ring, watch etc), a notebook with a cool cover, statue, a nerf of squirt gun modified, mixed media collage, a modified doll, a clock, goggles, a messenger bag modified, a pretend time machine, 3d object (statue)

Really the potential is endless. usually steampunk has a lot of copper, brass, bronze colors

looks old

kind of a mix between industrial, victorian and robotic is cool with some art deco thrown in.

As long as you put some time and effort into what ever you make I am sure your partner will love it!

dolphingirl 05/18/2009 #

great supplies are

old wind up watches watch faces old funky keys or locks gears of any sort old pocket watches or pocket watch parts old bits of metal found objects old postcards and old script writing old maps

Michaels carries Tim Holtz things that are very cool and would be great for this (have found gear stencils, metal keys and locks watch rubber stamps)

ShabbyJules 05/18/2009 #

loving this i have just recently discovered steampunk and i love it thanks for hosting

sonyaoku 05/19/2009 #

I loved the streampunk items on etsy so I'm definately in for this swap. I've never made anything like it so I'm up for the challenge.

KatlynAva 06/ 1/2009 #

So excited! I've never tried steampunk before but I'm looking forward to it!

Moominbrooke 06/ 2/2009 #

There is a group called Steampunk Dandies if you're intrigued by this sort of thing...

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