Friday, September 4, 2015

Steampunk'd - The Future Is The Past


          There is a new show out called Steampunk'd. The show is a competition show with "Makers" that are competing for $100,000 Grand Prize. Each week someone will be kicked off until they get to the best of the best from the group. The makers make various items in the genre of Steampunk. Each project is completed by two teams. They will then complete a room in the empty "Steampunk House". I love that the judges wear steampunk, but really that even the hostess wears steampunk as well.

Season one's judges are:
Matt King
Kato
Thomas Willeford

Season one's contestants are:


33
Costumer
Tallahassee
FL
21
Prop Maker
Kent
WA
35
Steampunk Stylist
Los Angeles
CA
22
Corset Maker
Lake Forest
CA
50
Builder
Jackson
MI
35
Moving Sculptures
Culver City
CA
42
Carpenter
Silverton
OR
29
Leather Work
Madison Heights
MI
37
Gadget Maker
Hillsboro
OR
32
Watchmaker
Hermitage
TN

          Steampunk is seen as a retro-futuristic design. It is a mixture of 19th century industrial steam-powered machinery. Most of the time people do 19th century British Victorian, but it is very much not limited there.

          In this episode they were asked to build a kitchen as well as a Rube Goldberg device. A Rube Goldberg device is a contraption that is over engineered to do a simple task. Some examples would be in Flubber the movie with Robin Williams, and Wallace and Gromit, but also from games like Mouse Trap.

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          While I was looking for more information on the contestants I found a blog post that covers in great detail about the episodes. It is a great post if you want to see what the show was about, missed something, or just want a recap of what happened without watching the episode again. There will be spoilers if you haven't seen the episode yet.  I didn't want to copy the post but I did use it to keep some of my basic information updated. This is the post by the Airship Ambassador.

          To keep up with the episode of the show I decided to include my own kitchen and outfit. It isn't the best steampunk, and I don't have my machine, but it was fun to come up with something on the fly that might work, as The Future is the Past.

Photography by Fayette Aeon
Hair:
Ayashi - Mitsuko

Eyes:
IKON - Triumph {Armor}
Mesh Head:
Logo - Alex {Amber}
Skin:
Lumae - Niska {Peach/Bare}
Outfit:
Ducknipple - Reily
Hands:
Slink - AvEnhance Hands {Gesture & Relaxed}
Feet:
Slink - AvEnhance Feet {High}
Shoes:
20.Five - Nazier Heels
Pose:
Aeon - 120
Kitchen:
Dysfunctionality - Olde Cottage Hearth

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