These are a couple steampunk styled guns made by one of the vendors, posing in the previous post with his steampunk rifle, these ones he made out of bottles, and other scraps that I couldn't identify, his work looks great, and would probably make a great compliment to a Steam Punk styled costume
This was a couple making the rounds, and I love everything about their outfits. Top Hats tend to play a large part in many steam punk styles, but this ladies top hat is actually a styled birdcage, and I believe it really goes well with her outfit.
I think what I liked most about this ladies outfit is that the umbrella also serves a real function, with sun protection, it gives a little shade which can really help with little to no cloud cover.
This is a Dollmaker who was present and showing off some of her work, she makes her dolls by hand, and without molds.
Here are a few examples of her wonderful craftsmanship, she makes all of the clothing that goes with the dolls, also. I will leave a link at the end to her Etsy page, Majestic Thorns.
This was my favorite piece of hers, not only did I like it the most, but the whole setup for it was great, from the way it is positioned even down to the direction it is looking.
These were some more of the wonderful costumes at the 2016 Steampunk and Makers Fair in Lafayette. I have still more photos to come in the next post, but that one will be primarily items from the shops and vendors that took part in the Fair.
For those interested in looking at Majestic Thorns Etsy shop, this is her shop on Etsy.com: Majestic Thorns
I went to the Steampunk and Makers fair in Lafayette, and it was awesome, there were great costumes, great booths, great artists. The Steampunk and Makers Fair, as I found out after going, is an annual fair that started about 4 years ago, sometimes the actual location changes, this time it was at the Parc International and the Lafayette Science Museum, but it is always in Lafayette.
Steam Punk is a genre of science fiction that typically involves the American Wild West or Englands Victorian era inspired aesthetics and melds them with aspects of the era of Steam powered machinery for wonderful effects and usually has a distinct 'Do-It-Yourself' feel to it
Some of the outfits were amazing, and incredibly elaborate, like that of The Captain, who is the man on the right in this photo.
The vast majority of the items, with a wide variety of things from jewelry to soap to costume parts, were handmade by the vendors, and while the prices would vary depending on the piece, I think most of the prices were very reasonable for the amount of detail put into them.
Of course, for me, the greatest part of the Fair were the costumes, I love the detail and work that the wearers put into them, and some of them turned out to be incredible.
In this photo, the man was modeling one of his creations, a steampunk styled firearm, which he made himself, from scraps. He also made a few which included parts like bottles, faucet knobs, and various other ingredients.
I will be breaking the pictures into a couple of posts to hopefully make it a little smoother, since I have a lot of photos.
What do you think, do you like the flair of the Steam Punk style?
