Tag: Steampunk

  • Dead Media- 3D

    Dead Media- 3D

    I’ve always been fascinated with stereo viewers. Once upon a time, when I was a wee lad, I visited my great-grandmother at her wee home in Jolly Olde England.  It turned out that she had the same regard for immersive technology as I did- she had a Victorian era stereograph viewer and a sick collection of  antique 3D stereo cards. Steampunk or what? Yes,…

  • Mecha Artist Simon Kotsch Predated Steampunk

    Mecha Artist Simon Kotsch Predated Steampunk

    In 1968 Simon Kotsch got into the army surplus business. It was good to him, but in ways you might not expect. Something began to happen to Simon as he sorted through his bounty of obsolete engine parts and electrical fittings: he noticed that he found the pieces beautiful. An excitement took hold of him.…