Errr…  does the phrase “Butt Rogers” mean anything to you? I don’t often cover super-duper steampunk stuff, but this time around I just had to share. Lady Clankington’s  Cabinet of Carnal Curiosities produces “Infernal Devices” you could get away with wearing to your next Steam Punk Tea Party. Assuming you washed them first.  Via Unplggd.

Please welcome back Bella Lili to our advertisers!

Recently featured in Gothic Beauty magazine and a regular contributor to the Chiller Theater biannual charity auctions, Bella Lili remains one of our favorite Etsy sellers.  Her shop has hundreds of pieces of handmade jewelry, ranging from steampunk to skulls to Victorian inspired romantic designs.  Check out her shop and her blog for frequent contests and giveaways, and mention Haute Macabre in your orders to receive a 10% discount of your total purchase!

Gabriella Marina Gonzalez / Victorian Sci – Fi Surgery

From the collection’s press release :

Her current work was inspired by exploring feelings of emotional restrain and uncertainty about her position in time.  She uses escapism to create a subconscious reality where time has no bouncdaries and she can bounce from past tofuture to collect data in an attempt to discover her purpose in the present.  This is where she developed her designs for the current collection.

The collection mixes periods and materials to create a historical camouflage making it difficult to associate with a particular period in documented time.  This allows her to jump from era to era collection dataunnoticed in hopes of one day understanding the world, human nature and herself.

The collection was entirely handmade with her own hands in a long and meditative state adding a personal and emotional connection to each individual piece.  She believes this transfers a bit of her aura to the pice in hope that the glow will shine acting like a light house of hope to lost and weary roamers so that they will know they are not alone.  

The collection consists mostly of brown and cream leathers, bronze fixtures and old stamps which gives the appearance of being made from reminisce of an abandoned Victorian house.  The T-shirt imagery is representative of a nameless ghost who explores the timeless subconscious world as people run with fear of the unknown.  The platform shoes are a tool for the explorer.  Their towering heights create a pedestal from which she can look over crowded, infinite seas of people trying to stay afloat while searching for answers on this busy planet.

Kinekt Design’s Gear Ring is a rotating, functioning stainless steel, featuring six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rim is spun.

It is also all kinds of awesome.

Via Neatorama

This weekend in San Mateo,  the world’s largest DIY fair celebrates it’s 4th anniversary.  Make Magazine‘s Maker Faire is expected to draw a crowd of over 100,000 to the San Mateo County Expo Center. Thousands of DIY vendors will showcase everything from robots to furniture to food. Arts, crafts, science, technology, engineering- and FASHION. Not only will every self-respecting small designer in the Bay Area be hawking their wares, but there will also a fashion show Saturday evening and other fashion-focused events, clothing swaps, and how-to classes both days. Tickets are $25.

(Hey, look, it’s Nightshade again!)