[seeker1950]

I've seen some ads on Ebay where I look for clock gears for my collages, listed as "steampunk.' Then yesterday, I was talking to our young hip music teacher and she was telling me about her "steampunk corset" with tubes and gears, which she wears for dressup at steampunk gatherings. She mentioned Jules Verne. It all sounds fun and weird. Anyone here know about this?

[DenisDonnacha]

It's sort of inspired by 19th century industrial machinery, steam powered stuff.
I'm guessing all those clocks you saw looked like they were made of brass and maybe the gears were exposed, and the corset the woman you were talking to probably looks like it's made of metal too but with an "old" look to it.
It's quite interesting, almost anything can be steam punked up, here's a cool pic of a laptop made to look steampunk http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...unkLaptop2.jpg.
There's a lot of sci fi stuff based around it, sort of alternate futures where steam power remained and the world is all still sort of industrial era.

[seeker1950]

Originally Posted by DenisDonnacha

It's sort of inspired by 19th century industrial machinery, steam powered stuff.
I'm guessing all those clocks you saw looked like they were made of brass and maybe the gears were exposed, and the corset the woman you were talking to probably looks like it's made of metal too but with an "old" look to it.
It's quite interesting, almost anything can be steam punked up, here's a cool pic of a laptop made to look steampunk http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...unkLaptop2.jpg.
There's a lot of sci fi stuff based around it, sort of alternate futures where steam power remained and the world is all still sort of industrial era.

That's exactly how the hip music teacher described it, DenisDonnacha! Thanks for the pic! I'm inspired!

[Maven]

There's steampunk novels you can read, too, including in the romance, fantasy and sci-fi genres. Google...you'll be exploring all day!