Victoria Steam Exposition in Photos

A few photos from the Victoria Steam Expo, very appropriately described as STEAMPUNK in an historic and palatial Victorian edifice, in the heart of the crumbling colonial capital of a windswept Pacific island… more photos at the Victoria Steam Expo facebook page.

Check out the fabulous leather work of Skinz N Hydez (seen below), one of our artist neighbours at the convention, and the work of Thin Gypsy Thief, aka steampunk22, who made the lovely Da Vinci wings I got to wear – and before you ask, yes, they did open and close via a simple mechanism hidden in the back and activated by pulleys…

The event was beautiful and well-organized, (even the water provided came from a Victorian silver urn, poured into glass goblets), everyone was kind and looked fantastic… and one could enjoy a glass of wine at 10am. I had a wee hairstick hanging out in the corner of the table (and hilariously, nearly EVERY man that walked by picked it up and said “What’s this?” – whereas women merely observed that it was a hair stick I sold the piece about five days via Etsy later to someone who was close enough that they might have attended the convention. Who knows?

This gentleman had a wonderful mechanized arm, each finger fully articulating.

There were several people who looked as though they’d just been exploring…

One of many time travellers