Sir F. Chook, Inventor of Leopard Oil
Likeness captured upon a daguerrotype machine in Japan, July 1891
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
The following lettres were posted during this month:
Posted upon the 30th of September, 2008
There’s always steampunk and Victorianesque events coming down the pipeline – and they’re usually in Maine or Paris or Kuala Lumpur. Well, there’s finally a Melbourne event, and it’s in a few short months, and it’s the brainproduct of the brilliant Cass of Wildilocks and team, no less! Quoth:
Euchronia is a steampunk / neo-Victorian Year’s [...]
Posted upon the 19th of September, 2008
The dolls are in and Totem is getting ready to go! My creation and more than a hundred other, better ones will be displaying in the Fracture Galleries from the 25th onwards, as part of the Fringe. Huge lauds to Sayraphim for organising it all! Methinks I might wax eloquent on my little totem once [...]
Posted upon the 16th of September, 2008
You might have noticed that I am occasionally given to collaging and recaptioning Victorian illustrata. I sometimes even arrange it on attractive tea shirts! Well, I’m far from the only fellow with the idea, so I thought it high time to acknowledge some of my fellow plunderers of public-domain Victoriana.
To start, in print form, there [...]
Posted upon the 10th of September, 2008
I’ve been thinking about the practices of fiction. I love a good story, but I’m rather picky – and I think fiction too often gets bogged down in plot, plot, plot. A good plot can be a powerful thing, of course, but I like stories that have some character to them, and some meaning. Fiction, [...]
Posted upon the 7th of September, 2008
Dr Patti Smith, queen of punk, Cavalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to romanticism, will be appearing as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival in October! As well as two concerts with the Patti Smith Band, there’s a film of her work by Steven Sebring, a Q&A of the [...]