Steampunk Artistry!

Full steam ahead!

It’s that time of year again: next week I’ll be doing some art activity days at Oswestry Library, this year as part of the Oswestry Makes Festival. This year I’ve somehow got myself roped into three different events: I’m giving a workshop on applied comics at one of the 6th-form colleges on Oct. 1st, plus I’m doing a “Steampunk Heroes” drawing and colouring session in the morning and a live painting of a specially-commissioned piece of steampunk artwork in the afternoon at Oswestry Library on Oct. 3rd. The steampunk comes courtesy of the theme of the final day of the Oswestry Makes festival at the library, which is a mini comic-con, complete with costume competition and a chance to meet author Kate O’Hearn.

So, the other thing I’ve been roped into doing is coming along to the library’s comic-con in costume…

What is a well-dressed steampunk artist wearing this season?

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Astounding Adventures!

Steampunk Batman, by Jason Lee – via vektorvisual.com

I’ve got something fun coming up on the calendar at the end of September/beginning of October: our local library in Oswestry is holding a one-day Steampunk mini-ComicCon as part of the “Oswestry Makes” festival.

Oswestry Makes is a mini-festival that runs through the summer and tries to bring together as many creatives and makers from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. Last year the festival was themed around textile; this year the theme is “Theatre of Dreams”, and is focused on masks, costumes and puppets.

The library has been thinking about holding a mini-ComicCon for a while now, and Steampunk fits the bill as the perfect cross-over between comics and the Oswestry Makes festival. The programme for the ComicCon isn’t finalised yet, but I’ve heard that there are going to be steampunk costume-making session, a couple of steampunk film showings, and hopefully a table or two from local comics shops. Students from The Marches college are going to be heavily involved, I think.

I’ll be doing two things for the festival: a workshop/talk on making comics, and a steampunk superhero drawing session. Should all be great fun!

Now you’ll have to excuse me: I need to go and dust off my galvanic drawing-table!

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