Steampunk: style for lovers of fantasy
“What strange people! Where did they come from? Have they already materialized from parallel world?!" - such thoughts come to mind when looking at the representatives of this strange isolated subculture.
Ivashchenko Victoria Nikolaevna, teacher of additional education, MBU DO SYUT, Salsky district, Rostov region.
Target: acquaintance with the style of "steampunk" in clothes, accessories, decorations and interior.
Tasks:
- increase motivation to master new technologies and their wide application in additional education;
- introduce some of the distinctive features and principles of the "steampunk" style;
- develop artistic taste.
steampunk(another name is steampunk) - modern style, based on a special direction of science fiction, modeling Alternative option development of mankind, in which technology was mastered to perfection steam engines and mechanics. The term "steampunk" appeared in the 80s.
This style reminds me of a tree branch sprouting through the canvas of a deaf stone fence and therefore, visible only on that side of it, where not every curious observer looks.
steampunk covers not only the style of clothing, but also the sphere of painting, interior design, accessories and jewelry. This fantastic style boys and girls are carried away to a greater extent ... far from adolescence.
The main image used in the illustrations of this style is the urban landscape. Victorian England, within fantastic works writers of that time.
In steampunk, antiquity and modernity collide in the most bizarre way, the current world is squeezed into the framework of the past, as if the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci existed side by side with the hadron collider and space exploration ...
Steampunk emphasizes the mechanics of nature in retro style. Science fiction XIX century is rightfully considered the progenitor of steampunk. Jules Verne, Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells traditionally refer fans of this style to the founders of this direction.
World steampunk- these are iron robots and airships, balloons and cogwheels, as science fiction writers of that era saw them. In short, steampunk emphasizes the mechanics of nature in retro style.
It would seem that man has no place in this world of machines. However, people are also present here, although they themselves seem to be mechanisms. In steampunk, a person manifests himself as a creature endowed with many vices: greed, pride, envy, anger ... But this is just an outer shell!
As far as steampunk clothing goes, it's a mix of old and new. Victorian era in this image it is quite organically combined with fruits modern civilization. The clothing style a la steampunk is modern like no other, although the second half of the 19th century is considered the cradle of steampunk.
The steampunk interior is associated with the Victorian era. Experts believe that steampunk can be an independent style, but can be used as an addition to vintage, retro and modern styles.
Fashionable today, steampunk jewelry and accessories are worn by people who have firmly decided to stand out from the crowd. Jewelry in this style can resemble real museum exhibits.
Already itchy hands
Large round glasses in a copper frame, a copper bracelet on his arm, a phone in a copper case, which is an amazing design of buttons and levers - a lot says a lot about the passion for steampunk in the guise of Dmitry Tikhonenko. True, the master himself fashion direction learned after he created many of his works from copper.
From 28 to 30 July in English city Whitby hosted the annual steampunk weekend, which is held by representatives of the subculture and cosplayers. Steampunk is a genre of science fiction that focuses on an imaginary alternative vector of human development, the starting point of which was the invention of the steam engine. The participants of the festival come in costumes stylized after the era of Victorian England and early capitalism.
A talented sculptor from Krasnoyarsk, Igor Verniy, creates birds, butterflies and other representatives of the animal world, using details of an old household appliances, bicycles, cars, watch parts and everything that can be safely thrown into scrap metal.
In the world there are a huge number of the most unusual musical instruments, made in both classical and completely unexpected styles.
In this collection of photographs you will see very unusual musical instruments steampunk style!
Damaged bikes, broken watches and anything that can't be repaired, we throw away right away. The artist and sculptor Igor Verny, on the other hand, creates real works of art from these objects. He makes fantastic steampunk animals from ordinary metal: from old car parts, dishes, and even from household appliances.
“Deep down I am an artist and I see the beauty of this world in bright colors, but I'm also a mechanic, says Igor. “And it is these two qualities that help me create.”
We admire the work of the artist and chose him for you best sculptures from scrap metal.
Mechanical Fantasies by Justin Gershenson-Gates is a series of works by a famous jeweler who decided to deviate a little from his main occupation and do something else.
For his works, Justin used watch parts (hands, gears, ordinary incandescent lamps and much more). Each work, be it a pendant, an insect or an arthropod, takes the master several hours. Given the fact that Justin Gershenson-Gates (Justin Gershenson-Gates) is used to seeing things through to the end, he never leaves the job unfinished and gets everything done in one sitting. In the work uses only soldering and no glue. "Mechanical Mind" is a truly unique and inimitable series from a famous jeweler.
Japanese sculptor Michihiro Matsuoka creates interesting miniature sculptures. Combining the images of animals and technology into one whole, he turns them into aircrafts and floating objects.
Pierre Matter was born in 1964. A mathematician by profession, he was looking for his true calling for a long time, wandering along the paths of art. He tried his hand at painting, painted pictures oil paints, poster paints and watercolors. But he found himself in sculpture. french master Pierre Matter works in the spirit of steampunk, creating his sculptures, which are hybrids of machines, people and animals.
I can’t even believe that from an ordinary CD player you can create such a miracle as the master did for the steampunker.ru website contest
The word "steampunk" is on everyone's lips, but not everyone knows about its meaning. This is not just a style of clothing, but an interesting and complex life philosophy. A feature of the steampunk wardrobe is that it is a mixture of several different directions A: retro, modern style and so on.
Characteristics
home salient feature steampunk style is to use strict geometric shapes, as well as the introduction of some technical elements into the clothes. interesting point is also the fact that women and men can wear exactly the same things.
Designers distinguish three varieties of this style:
- - classic steampunk is a kind of lightweight option that is quite suitable for Everyday life. Famous fashion designers and fashion houses often resort to this concept. This style involves wearing fluffy multi-layered skirts, as well as lace-up corsets. The inclusion of leather items and accessories in the wardrobe is welcome;
- - fantastic steampunk is a more daring variation of the style. The clothes look quite original and are more likely to pass for a carnival costume than for everyday things. There are no specific rules and canons here. The main thing is that the image should be original and stand out as a bright spot against the background of gray everyday life;
- - technical steampunk returns its adherents to the distant past. The silhouette has rough and not always clear forms, and the clothes themselves are decorated in abundance with complex decorative elements. If you wear a fluffy skirt, then it must certainly be short, and the corset will not softly fit the waist, but will be made of hard and coarse materials. But, despite this, the image remains quite gentle and feminine. Particular attention is paid to accessories and jewelry, which are mostly made of metal. This is a rather specific style, so not everyone can create a harmonious, but at the same time, extraordinary image.
Steampunk is gaining more and more popularity. Even ordinary business or casual suits can contain some elements of this style. And even wedding dresses affected by this fashion trend.
Wardrobe elements
Steampunk may seem too bizarre at first, but it will not leave anyone indifferent. Having become interested in this style, it is worth remembering that this is a rather expensive hobby, you will almost completely have to update your wardrobe. So, to create a complete steampunk look, the following things must be present in your closet:
- - all kinds of hats that you have ever seen in old movies: bowler hats, hats with veils, and masks;
- - in outerwear it is worth adhering to military theme. For example, it can be coats resembling a soldier's overcoat;
- - speaking of jackets, it is better if they are made of checkered material. Don't forget to wear a vest underneath;
- - shirts are provided for both men and women. For ladies, this element of the wardrobe should be decorated with lace, ruffles and other decorative elements. Classic shirts are suitable for men, but without a collar;
- - and even underwear should match the style. A steampunk woman must certainly wear corsets and garters;
- - in everything related to trousers, this style provides complete freedom, with the exception of one detail. It is not allowed to wear jeans, because. they make the image teenage and frivolous;
- - from shoes it is better to choose massive boots or leather boots. At the same time, a high platform and decor in the form of lacing are welcome;
- - the main accessory of the steampunker are aviator glasses, as well as a pocket watch on a chain. Often as decorative elements watch parts are used. Also among the accessories can be included locks and keys to them, all kinds of technological elements. And even your gadgets must be dressed in the appropriate "attire" so as not to stand out from overall picture style.
Hairstyle
Hair is an important element of any image. If you like a style like steampunk, then you need to learn how to do retro hairstyles with cold waves. It is also worth experimenting with bangs. It should be thick and start from the middle of the head.
If you do not want to radically change your hairstyle, then wigs and hairpieces can come to your aid. Especially interesting will look options for the most unexpected colors. You can limit yourself to a few overhead strands of bright neon shades. Braids are a very popular hairstyle. You can also make high bouffants and decorate your hair with massive hairpins.
Makeup
Despite the fact that steampunk is quite a bright and extraordinary style, make-up should stick to fairly restrained colors. Shadows can be metallic or pastel shades. At the same time, it is worth emphasizing the look with wide black arrows and long false eyelashes.
When it comes to the shade of lipstick, there are two extremes. Either you prefer subtle natural shades, or you paint your lips in bright red or maroon colors. Do not forget to emphasize the cheekbones with soft pink or peach blush.
Decorations
Steampunk involves the use of massive jewelry in ethnic or retro style. Their forms should be strict, but, at the same time, harmonious, because. This style is designed to harmoniously combine the past and the present. Jewelry made from any mechanisms and parts or reminiscent of them in shape will look best. Be sure to give preference to metal. Your image will be even more original if you bring an umbrella with a wooden lacquered handle.
Goggles are a popular element of steampunk. These are massive round glasses that look more like a gas welder's mask or a ski accessory. Goggles with folding glasses are considered special chic. They are not very comfortable to wear on the eyes, so most often they are worn on the forehead or on the top of the head. Since goggles are decorative glasses, their glasses can be painted in a variety of colors or completely replaced with bars, metal parts, or some kind of images applied with phosphor paint.
Mechanical elements also affect shoes. Moreover, the more of them, the better. Women's stilettos, decorated with cogs and gears, will look especially interesting.
Steampunk is a unique style that, although it has its own canons, also leaves room for imagination. It makes it possible to express individuality and through clothes to convey to those around you life position. Perhaps that is why many world famous brands take steampunk elements as the basis of their collections.
The word "Victorian" and the name Kevin Jeter. This writer in 1987 proposed calling steampunk fantastic stories, where there is an aesthetic of the times of Queen Victoria. She ruled Britain in the second half of the 19th century, which means that these are steam locomotives, airships, mad scientists and analog dials. Steampunk is as if electricity had not been invented and steam-powered armored airplanes designed by Count Sukhoi took off from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov dreadnought.
Fundamentals of philosophy. Until recently, all steampunk was only about design. But now the fans are already running around with the new ideology. It has punk non-conformism, rejection of everything digital, interest in dystopias and imitation of old-time pioneers, scientists and inventors.
What to have fun
Books. Jules Verne became the progenitor of steampunk without even knowing it. The submarine "Nautilus" with riveted portholes, Phileas Fogg in a top hat piloting an airship - nothing more steampunk can be imagined. H. G. Wells will do, and especially the science fiction writer William Gibson, who was noted in almost all types of technopunk. A Ray's story Bradbury's "Killer" is an example of skepticism towards the digital world.
Movie. "Wild, Wild West" is an example of western steampunk, "Musketeers" is an example of alternative history. "Sherlock Holmes" by Guy Ritchie is a classic of the genre. To immerse yourself in steampunk, you can simply follow the example of Robert Downey as Sherlock. But it's only about appearance. If you start behaving the same way, you will be forced to carry urine for analysis to the drug control and they will be right.
How to dress
If you live in a steampunk world, the words "polyvinyl chloride" and "polyacrylvinyl" can only summon demons. However, they will not come, because steampunk is atheistic and believes in science. You can dress only in what is in the world without oil and electricity - natural fabrics and leather. Style - Victorian: vests, tweeds, cuffs, suspenders, breeches. To this all - rivets and soldier's boots as symbols of industriality and a penchant for adventure, plus a mechanical pocket watch. That is, the look should be like that of an old-fashioned London accountant who decided to leave for the Hells Angels, but still has a little doubt. If you live in St. Petersburg or for some other reason are not afraid to look like a freak, you can wear a bowler hat or a top hat, even a leather one.
What to do
We do not recommend changing professions: it was difficult to make money with science and travel, these occupations respected among steampunks already in the days of Kruzenshtern and Edison. But there are many exciting and weird hobbies, with which your studded leather vest, top hat and tweed breeches will make a harmonious steampunk ensemble.
Behaviorism. IN late XIX For centuries, people have been studied not only by cutting into pieces, as in the Renaissance, but also by living people. Consciousness was then considered a machine, where the stimulus is the control lever. Now behaviorism is not so relevant, but no one bothers you to quote Skinner and study conditioned reflexes colleagues at the arrival of the tax.
Archeology. This is where travel, research, and boots come in handy. You can do banal treasure hunting, but if you have already joined the semi-fantastic steampunk, choose a hobby to match. For example, the search for unknown paleocivilizations.
Engineering. Everything mechanical and analog is combined with steampunk. And designing watches, retro bikes or steam-powered bronze masturbators is a steampunk hobby that can also earn money.
Steam art. Dolls made from spare parts for a locomotive, painting with machine oil on vintage rust - all this is becoming fashionable and is now considered quite a masculine kind of creative insanity.
Where to live
A steampunk apartment can even be located in Khrushchev with a view of the slaughterhouse. Although ideal - a loft in former factory. The main thing is materials and details. Steampunk is like high-tech, which has lain in a pond for half a century. Lots of brick, wood and metal, but everything should be dark and cracked.
Colors are dark brown and bronze. The doors can be upholstered with sheet iron with rivets, a fan can be hung under the ceiling, the walls and ceiling can be sheathed with stained wood, and the pipes in the bathroom can be made of copper. Decorate everything with parts of steam boilers, gears, flasks and framed drawings, serve by candlelight.
Where to go
In London. In 2008, the Transatlantic Telescope was built there - an electronic telescope designed in the spirit of steampunk. One of his two-meter lens is in London's City Hall, the other - in New York. Through an optical system and a cable on the ocean floor, the British and Americans can wave to each other.
To Romania. There, in the city of Cluj-Napoca, the world's first dynamic steampunk bar opened with moving mechanical flowers and birds, a huge clockwork and one small robot. Analysts believe that local vampires and werewolves now have no way to maintain their market share.
Anywhere. After the first major steampunk festival - STEAMfest 2010 - in Georgia, its counterparts appear every year in different parts Sveta. One even took place in Peterhof. Dates and turnouts usually appear on steampunkworldsfair.com, steampunkfestival.co.uk, and the Steampunk Tendencies Facebook group.
What to brag about
If the spirit of steampunk has seized you and already refuses to let go, you need to get yourself a few artifacts that will complete the image and become the envy of your fellows in a new way of life.
Goggle glasses. Previously, such glasses with a protective cover around the frame were worn by motorcyclists and machinists to protect the eyes from surprises in the form of gravel and coal particles. Now antique goggles are a cult object in steampunk.
Mechanical computer. Even an old adding machine on the table is already a declaration in the spirit of steampunk. But if you wish, you can find replicas of devices based on the Leibniz calculator or Pascal's adding machine. There is even one working Babbage's difference engine - the first computer in history, and a mechanical one. But it is kept in british museum and stands as an author's copy of the Shroud of Turin.
Sculptures by Hasan Novrozi. His spring-loaded steel Pegasus and ram with gears inside are already worth a lot of money, and if steampunk continues to grow in popularity, then the sculptures will be a good investment. The sculptor is on Facebook - Hasan Novrozi.
Keyboard, smartphone case or steampunk coffee machine. A former locksmith and now artist Dmitry Tikhonenko lives in Belarus, who can decorate even a fly swatter in steampunk style, if you really need it. In the world of steampunk, he is now a star.
Some steampunk fans are ready not only to decorate their homes with drawings of steam engines, but also to make something strange from these drawings.
Steam Motorcycle "Black Pearl".
It was built in the Netherlands two years ago by engineer Rene van Tuley. The bike develops a phenomenal speed of 8 km/h.
Steam car Inspiration.
Built by the company, but rather by the interest club The British Steam Car. On tests in the Mojave Desert, it accelerated to 241 km / h.
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(or steampunk) - a modern style based on a special direction of science fiction. It covers not only the style of clothing, but also the sphere of painting, interior,. It can even be said that steampunk has become a separate subculture, which is carried out to a greater extent by young men and women of not adolescence, but of an older age.
Although the steampunk clothing style is considered modern, the second half of the 19th century is considered the cradle of steampunk. In any case, the cityscapes of Victorian England - main image used in illustrations of this style.
As a direction in art, in general, emphasizes the mechanicalness of nature, while the mechanicalness in retro style. Airships, iron robots, as the first science fiction writers imagined them, cogwheels and transmission shafts, heavy telephones and balloons - in a word, the mechanisms that make up almost the entire space are a typical steampunk world, a dystopian world. It is interesting that antiquity and modernity collide in it, the current world turns out to be within the framework of the past. Figuratively speaking, the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci live side by side with the subway and space exploration.
It would seem that man has no place in this realm of machines. But no, there are people here too. However, against the background of shocking inanimateness, they themselves seem to be mechanisms. In steampunk, man is seen as a creature endowed with many vices. It can even be said that the sins of greed, pride, envy, anger, lust almost entirely occupy human nature.
The term "steampunk" appeared in the 80s. However, the works that became his progenitors were published a little earlier, in the 60s-70s. However, if we dig even deeper and consider the genre not from the point of view of modernity, but in terms of a mechanistic description of the world in general, then art style Steampunk has been around for a very long time. Science fiction of the 19th century can rightfully be considered its progenitor. Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and, of course, Jules Verne are traditionally regarded by steampunk fans as the "founding fathers" of this trend.
Steampunk World contains several characteristic features, thanks to which it is quite easy to identify or create.
Firstly, base element of this culture is technology in its most diverse manifestations. Most often - steam engines and those technical achievements that are propelled by steam. This aspect is the most important, because helps to determine the characteristics of clothing and a given style.
Secondly, steampunk can serve as a kind of synonym for urbanity. There is no nature in it, but it is filled with typical urban landscapes: bricks, pipes (including rusty ones), cobblestone pavements, air filled with soot from factory pipes.
Thirdly, the world of steampunk suggests some madness of its inhabitants, their genius, obsession with business. Such common images of crazy professors, obsessed with their experiments and inventions, came to us precisely from steampunk. Many literary characters, which at first sight have nothing to do with this style, are still considered its classic representatives: this is the detective Sherlock Holmes and his antagonist Professor Moriarty, Victor Frankenstein, Jack the Ripper, Dorian Gray.
Steampunk is reflected even in computer games, which can serve as a 100% sign of popularity.
steampunk clothes
As far as steampunk clothing goes, it's especially good. a mixture of antiquity and modernity. The Victorian era in this image is organically combined with modern fruits civilization. However, the requirements of this style cannot be called too strict.
State-of-the-art devices, for example, Cell phones, laptops and peripherals, tablets may well be among the accessories related to style. However, for this they must be stylized in such a way that they most of all resemble some incredible old mechanism. Some fans of this style can convert almost any gadget that falls into their hands to steampunk.
Painting
Steampunk in painting is also very popular today. Here it can be closely intertwined with surrealism, expressed through the childish charm of primitivism, or it can incorporate elements of futurism. In general, the main motive that pervades steampunk paintings is the same mechanization of the surrounding world in XIX style century. Airships, gears, rusty pipes, puffs of steam, unprecedented inventions - almost everything is mechanized - from insects to Cheshire cat. Among the artists who are fond of this style are Bill Carman, Brian Kesinger, Ian Mcque, Vadim Voitekhovich and others.
Music
The steampunk direction in music today is rather vague and represents mix of art rock, country, darkwave and industrial. Steampunk bands usually include such as The Clockwork Dolls, Abney Park, Ghostfire, Escape The Clouds, Coppelius.
Movie
In the film industry, steampunk is most often found in genres such as science fiction and fantasy. Among the films in this style, Wild Wild West, Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes (2009) stand out.
widely used in animation("Howl's Moving Castle", "Steamboy", "Atlantis: lost World"and in others) and in computer games("Another World", "Bioshock", "Damnation", etc.).
Literature
The forerunners of steampunk in literature are Jules Verne books"Five weeks in hot-air balloon”, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, “Around the World in 80 Days”, “The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, H. G. Wells"War of the Worlds", "Time Machine".
Among contemporary authors who write in the steampunk style, we can distinguish Cassandra Clare (“Mechanical Angel”), Gordon Dahlquist (“Glass Books of Dream Eaters”, “The Black Book of Death”), Sergey Lukyanenko (“Draft”, “Clean”), George Mann (“ Ritual of Osiris"), Alexey Pekhov ("Under the Sign of Manticore", "Mockingbird"), Kenneth Oppel ("Sky Wanderer").
How to create a steampunk look?
- Choose grays, browns and blacks for basic clothing, wide stripes are acceptable. Women are recommended to combine a top with a rigid corset and a bustle (fluffy back skirt). In the same style, a dress can be made, complemented by puffy sleeves.
- Men may wear button-downs with ties and, in some cases, shorts. For women, this option may also be suitable, because steampunk does not imply gender differences.
- Add some steampunk to your shoes too. High boots with laces will fit into both women's and male image. Choose narrow boots with a small heel that will look less bulky than military boots.
- The most necessary accessory will be steampunk. You will need aviator-style glasses, or so-called goggles with large details.
- Gears and cogs - distinctive features steampunk style, so these details must be present in your image. If you're having trouble finding these accessories, you can try next way: break the old clock, pull out the mechanisms from them, then fasten the individual parts and make a pendant out of it. Paint the resulting accessory with bronze paint.
- Complete the steampunk look with a hat or hair accessories. Of the hats, men can choose or. On outside attach a few screws, which will give originality. Women can glue gears and cogs to their hair clips.
