Terry Pielkin’s Steampunk Illuminist Lamp at The Market NYC Terry Peikin is the Steampunk Illuminist. He creates incredible lamps from bits of old lamps, found objects and other pieces of technologies past. Each one is an individual work of art, with wonderful details to behold. The piece in the photo above is made from an old brass bankers lamp, what looks like a clock movement, some sort of pressure gauge and copper piping, all fitted to a clawfoot base. Terry’s shop in The

This Tentacle Ring pictured tickled my fancy, as I always love an octopus or squid. It is cast in silver with a nice heft to it, combined with fine detailing of each individual sucker. It feels good on your finger, and it’s guaranteed to inspire many conversations. I also appreciate the subtle Steampunk / Jules Verne qualities of this ring. It has been fascinating to watch Sarella’s collections evolve. She has a line of silver bracelets with a lovely organic feel, featuring

Rebecca and Cameron Stern of Stern Design Works create wonderful jewelry designs, often inspired by nature.   Their snow necklaces are made from casting molten silver in actual snow and coming up with unexpected, complex features on the cooled silver.  Their “Flora” collection features oak and gingko leaf pendants. I recently saw them at the Hester Street Fair, and they have a new collection of teensy, eensy, weensy farm animals set in tiny resin landscapes.  The red ro

[singlepic id=800 w=320 h=240 float=center] There are a ton of wonderful activities and events going on at the markets.  Visit the markets of New York City for bake sale and rummage sale fund raisers, local farms, fish mongers, pumpins, and a whole lot more.  And the Annual Steampunk Fashion Show and Exhibition finally here, so don’t miss it! Saturday, October 24 Calabaza Fest at the Bushwick Farmers Market:  Celebrate Day of the Dead, Harvest Season, and Food at the Bushwick

Diane Detzel, creator of Sole Arts Jewelry, makes beautiful and unique earrings and necklaces using the most unusual components: old New York City traffic lights!   She hand cuts the colored lenses and then tumbles them like sea glass to remove all sharp edges.  She then makes one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, some resembling the original stop lights, and some simply highlighting the beautiful shapes and colors of the glass.  She has another line of gorgeous, Steampunk style jewe