I just completed this paddle-wheeled vessel used by a trilobite to survive various extinctions:
"Trilo-Paddlepsis" - found object assemblage/welded steel, 50" h x 36" w x 12" d, 10-2010
full view
detail of the Captain
detail of the port-side view
detail of the gearing
detail of the paddle-wheel mechanismI was invited to show at this event in March next year:
http://steampunkexhibition.com/
which is where this piece will be exhibited.
While I don't set out to make work that is "steampunk" style, I can see how it fits in with their aesthetic. But there is nothing truly modern about this vessel - if anything, it's Victorian technology (paddle-wheel ship) meets Paleozoic era (trilobites)
BoingBoing.net just posted my recent piece, "MortalCycle":
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/24/mortalcycle-dino-bik.html
http://steampunkexhibition.com/
which is where this piece will be exhibited.
While I don't set out to make work that is "steampunk" style, I can see how it fits in with their aesthetic. But there is nothing truly modern about this vessel - if anything, it's Victorian technology (paddle-wheel ship) meets Paleozoic era (trilobites)
BoingBoing.net just posted my recent piece, "MortalCycle":
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/24/mortalcycle-dino-bik.html
more new work in a couple of days, stay tuned.
