The Google crew has used today’s Doodle to remind us of the 166th anniversay of Mr. Peter-Carl Fabergé birth. As you probably know, he was a renowned Russian artist-jeweller born in Saint Petersburg. The Fabergé miniature eggs, manufactured from 1885 to 1917, became his most celebrated pieces due to its exquisite use of precious materials […]
Archives for May 2012
10 Steampunk blogs you cannot miss [2012 version]
We do our best to stay up-to-date regarding the Steampunk scene news and normally share the most interesting information through social media (you may be interested in following us in Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc.). I myself follow more than 150 rss feeds of relevant information sources and I am sharing with you ten of my […]
Decimononic interviewed by ‘Steampunk y Otros Retrofuturismos’
We are very pleased to let you know that we have been interviewed by Elisabet Roselló, who is one of the most relevant figures of the Spanish Steampunk scene. Elisabet is the founder ot the first Steampunk forum in Spanish language, SteampunkSP, and the promoter of the Convención Steampunk y Retrofuturista that has been taking […]
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… Helen Jansen and Iain Clark
1.- The interviewees Iain Clark (aka Agent Darling) is an award winning manufacturing jeweller and the instigator of Steampunk in New Zealand. A time traveller of great skill and cunning, he is timeless. He lives in a little cottage in a botanical garden in a little town in SE New Zealand with his partner and fellow Steampunk […]
‘The Raj Collection’ by Decimononic
1.- The Indian Empire and ‘The Raj Collection’ by Decimononic Orientalism achieved great popularity during the Victorian era and this ‘exotic’ Orient was a fluid concept in its meaning. Before the XIX century, the term Orient made reference to the geographic area we call the Middle East now-a-days, an area that runs from modern day […]