I found this rubber gas mask some time ago at a yard sale, and it is my inspiration and starting point for making a new leather and resin st...

Alexi Torres is an oil painter from Atlanta, GA who grew up in Cuba. He wrote me "My works on oil/canvas are based in the idea of redoi...

I entered my steampunk gas mask Olifant into the California State Fair's Fine Art Competition and won an Award of Merit . Whoopie! The...

My friend Wenchie's take on the Ronin respirator, shown below. And a fine job it is! Ye Wenchie's Flickr

My photo of Dr. Beulenpest wearing a leather top hat has been turned into a tatoo. Although I don't much care for tatoos in general, I m...

The Tauruscat Dream Helmet has been done for several months, but I just got around to photographing it. I had been planning on shooting vid...

I've remade the straps, and painted them black as shown below. Let me explain why these straps were more of a challenge to design than m...

Returning to the Ichabod , I adjusted the pattern so that the beak opening wasn't so large, and now the fit is good. Next up is making t...

This tutorial is adapted from a workshop I lead at the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition last March in northern California. I am attempt...