The Oxford Museum of History and Science is hosting a complete steampunk exhibition which launched yesterday on 10/13.

Right now the full list of artists and crafters featured is as follows:

Stephane Halleux- Belgium
Tom Banwell- U.S.
Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich- U.S.
Datamancer- U.S.
Doctor Grymm- U.S.
Daniel Proulx- Canada
Eric Freitas- U.S.
Haruo Suekichi- Japan
Herr Doktor- U.K.
Thomas D. Willeford- U.S.
Amanda Scrivener- U.K.
James Richardson Brown- U.K.
Jesse Newhouse- U.S.
Jos De Vink- Netherlands
Kris Kuksi- U.S.
Mad Uncle Cliff- Australia
Vianney Halter- Switzerland
Art Donovan- U.S.

Really excited to see Molly Friedrich on there–I’ve had the pleasure of having several conversations with her in the past and she is a VERY talented artist.  There are a wide range of amazing works from 2d art to 3d sculpture and wearables so be sure to check out the offical exhibit site now and if you’re in the area, well, shame on you if you haven’t visited it yet!

As every crafter’s favorite holiday approaches, Halloween, its time to start planning your steampunk costume for this year. There are a lot of mainstream outlets selling “steampunk” style costumes, but most of them are awful mainstream crap.

If you really want an authentic steampunk costume, consider buying some wares online from actual merchants to specialize in this and you get a completely unique and low-cost costume that will look worlds better than anything you could buy in a costume store. But perhaps the biggest benefit is that you are helping out the skilled crafters who try to make a living creating beautiful wares.

I highly recommend you take a peek right now at our steampunk clothing section and see if anything on eBay catches your fancy. Crafters typically ramp up production this time of year and there are a LOT of very interesting steampunk-style clothes available right now, from corsets and pants to boots and cufflinks.