On 3/25/2010 9:56 AM, Andrew T Trembley wrote:
On 3/24/2010 6:55 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote:
I personally don't know how Steampunk picked up the "punk" part of
its name.
It was a spin-off of the cyberpunk science fiction movement of the
80's. Several cyberpunk writers decided that, after exploring
near-future technological advancement, it might be fun to explore
near-past technological advancement. It was kind of a quiet sub-genre
that didn't get a lot of love until only a few years ago.
There are a fair number of SCA people involved in Steak Punk here on the
Left Coast. Personally, I'm a costume geek as are many others. The SCA
types on this will understand when I say that there are a number of
Laurels, both in costuming and making "things". I do the 1890's
Victorian complete with lace collars, cameo pins, and other "lady like"
appointments except that the walking stick I carry is a real antique
sword cane. Other times I go for some of the H Rider Haggard "King
Solomon's mines feminine "World Traveler - and I do know that Haggard
wasn't writing in the early 1900's or late 1890's). Then there are a
fair number who do Firefly. If I want to do Wild Wild West I have a
lovely Stetson that was my father's that I had blocked at the Western
Shop downtown into the shape of the one Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliott) wears
in Golden Compass which is considered almost completely a Steam Punk movie.
The young man who blocked the hat (complete with the slightly curled
brim) knew who I was talking about when I said Scoresby because Mr.
Elliott stops by the store on a reasonably regular basis since his
mother lives here in Portland. (My Federal Express man promises to get
me an autograph next time he delivers there. He says that Mr. Elliott is
a very nice and down to earth man).
There is a magic in creating something that the SCA has lost a bit of
since I joined in 1979. Not that I let that stop me. It's just another
venue to wear beautiful clothing when you have an Hour Glass or Perfect
Pear shape figure. (Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.) It can
be a happy hunting ground for potential SCA types because some of the
Victorian outfits are stunning and a great deal of work. If they will
make a Victorian corset, drawers, Jacket, etc. think what they could do
with Elizabethan!
Also, no one can tell you "that isn't period" which draws a lot of would
be SCA who have been frightened by people who go on and on about how
some un-named "Laurel" came up to them at their first event and sneered
at them (never heard it in 30 years, or I'd take the Laurel out back of
the Porta-Potties and hold their head to the vent for a while).
Regina (SCA, Steam Punk, Ooooh Shiny!)
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