27 Jun What gives me energy? What floats my boat? What feeds my chi (qi)? These are questions I’ve talked about before, but they always bear repeating. I love envisioning ways to turn random objects into pieces of art. I love taking pieces of plastic, wood, cardboard, metal, etc., and turning them into something virtually… Continue reading What feeds my chi?
Tag: steampunk
Steampunk airship parts from found objects
15 Jun My main artistic philosophy is to create cool art from repurposed and found objects. Today, I thought I’d show how I imagine these pieces and parts into steampunk airship features. Enjoy the video, and please give it a like, share it with a friend and subscribe to my YouTube channel! Stephan J. Smith… Continue reading Steampunk airship parts from found objects
My artistic process – Artsmith Craftworks
03 Jun When I build my steampunk airships, or any other piece of art, I have a bit of a process that I follow…loosely, I guess. Sometimes I start with a sketch, sometimes I just grab pieces and start putting them together. In the following video, I describe that process…or processes… I’d love to hear… Continue reading My artistic process – Artsmith Craftworks
Repurposing cardboard into steampunk airship gondolas – Artsmith Craftworks
09 May One of the major activities I engage in when creating my art is repurposing everyday objects into something else. A couple of the things I repurpose the most are paper and corrugated cardboard… simple and seemingly utilitarian materials that we all take for granted. Not me. I look at these materials with love… Continue reading Repurposing cardboard into steampunk airship gondolas – Artsmith Craftworks
18″ Steampunk airship 003
22 Apr Today’s post is a mid-range size steampunk airship. This dirigible has a more “grunge” gondola with the propeller mounted on it instead of on the airship envelope like others I’ve done. It also has a pillar mount rather than the more Victorian looking netted suspension and the fins are a plate copper design.… Continue reading 18″ Steampunk airship 003
Propulsion continued
06 Apr Now we are going to look at how the propeller itself is constructed. Again, I chose a plastic laundry cap as the central hub of the propeller. The blades are factory scrap dense foam from some punch out process. I cut the foam to shape with my band saw and cut the contours… Continue reading Propulsion continued
adding rivets
20 Mar The next step in creating the large zeppelin fins is to add the appearance of rivets. This doesn’t need to be actual metal pierced through metal, but rather, just look like it. I experimented with a number of things before I realized that what I needed was already on my shelf and I’d… Continue reading adding rivets
Propeller process
07 Mar I get asked all the time how I made a particular part on one of my steampunk airships. I’m also told that I should do DIY pictures and videos, and truthfully, I do take progress photos when I’m working on an airship. I do this because I have always thought that someday I’d… Continue reading Propeller process
What started me building my steampunk airships?
16 Feb People ask me all the time what in the world set me off on this path, building steampunk airship sculptures of all things. When I tell people I’m an artist, they usually ask if I’m a painter. Nope… not in the classic sense anyway… In the video below, I describe how I got… Continue reading What started me building my steampunk airships?
What started me building my steampunk airships?
16 Feb People ask me all the time what in the world set me off on this path, building steampunk airship sculptures of all things. When I tell people I’m an artist, they usually ask if I’m a painter. Nope… not in the classic sense anyway… In the video below, I describe how I got… Continue reading What started me building my steampunk airships?