Electric Staff

Made this 'Electro Staff' for a costume for a competition down at Forbidden Planet. I added the lighting at somewhat short notice at the behest of a friend of mine, in his words "Hey, that would look great with a glowing thing on top!" Cheers Ian.

It’s made from steel and aluminium bike parts with a quartz crystal at the top mounted on a walking pole with a leather grip. Lots of copper wiring used in this, was going for a cobbled together science look with it.

This was my first attempt at doing something electrical inside, and as a combination of short notice and lack of soldering iron (Now rectified) the wiring is mainly held together with sticky tape with little or next to no insulation. 

However, it does give a lovely tingle when you turn it on! Since it was a personal prop that wasn’t so much of an issue though I have now discovered the joys of both solder and electrical tape. 

Steampunk Goggles

Finally got round to setting up a blog, to get the ball rolling I'll post some of my earlier work up in the next couple of weeks just to get this place updated with my portfolio so I can start a running update of works in progress and inevitably some pictures of my fingers after snipping twenty tin cans apart.

To begin, here are some steampunk goggles, made from steel bike parts, hardened leather, plastic lens and leather elasticated straps, held with buckles.

One thing I've learned from making steampunk props is that working in a bike shop is the closest I'll ever get to a perfect job thanks to the scrap bin, heaps of metal and welding equipment lying around!