Instead, while I was there, I found out a lot of things about myself. It's changed me irrevocably, and in the most wonderful ways.
I feel like I want to strike at life with the fervor I've always wanted to, because it's my choice. If you're in to or interested in zen enlightenment, I'd call it a quick integration of it.
But anyhow, onto Ideas, the main reason I'm hoping you're reading.
Earlier in the week, Jake von Slatt posted a podcast on the Steampunk Movement out of a forum at Readercon. And they proffered the question: What would a Gibson Chair Look like? The admitted it'd have rivets and functioning levers, gears and ornate brass.
I set out to building one. More precisely, a Nautilus Chair. I'd been working on it for some time in metal fabrication, and I've found a newer motivation to get it finished. Though to be sneaky, I'm calling it an Arronax Chair, but just to avoid being glaringly obvious. The upper portion is inspired by the mixing of a nautilus spiral with a mechanical motif. Now in a different world, and I suppose the next prototype will have functioning gears, but for now they're static and welded into place. The lower, again, as the design points out, looks like armored crustacean limbs, rendered again in metal and bolts. This prototype I intend to add brass parts for accents, but right now the focus is mainly on getting the major components fabricated and welded together while I have Access to the tools I need. I really did get slowed down by the plasma cutter giving out, and any fabricator will tell you how easy they are to use. So the classic Acetylene for me. At least I get to wear the Goggles doing it. More pictures to come!
But I do have to steampunk up my welding mask. Rivets and brass paint, bring it on!
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