tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post7053400536664822866..comments2024-02-25T22:00:24.987-08:00Comments on The Steampunk Home: Cranked-up Comfort -- can you get any more mainstream than this?Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572116519532368015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-16471592035643399752010-08-27T11:18:50.266-07:002010-08-27T11:18:50.266-07:00Oops my bad.:)Oops my bad.:)sarah kammlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198972274855544571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-25346547393729752502010-08-27T11:14:51.568-07:002010-08-27T11:14:51.568-07:00Oops! My bad! :)Oops! My bad! :)sarah kammlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198972274855544571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-10452951610705868282010-08-27T10:32:56.255-07:002010-08-27T10:32:56.255-07:00Sarah.
"Steampunk" is one word, not two...Sarah.<br /><br />"Steampunk" is one word, not two :)Art Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810885050839493428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-56080145263044741332010-07-08T19:48:48.131-07:002010-07-08T19:48:48.131-07:00p.s. For what it's worth-
Sonja- I never clai...p.s. For what it's worth-<br /><br />Sonja- I never claimed to come up with the name "Steam Punk"....I described the movement in great length. Fashion, design, etc. to the writer.<br /> Writers choose to write what they want to not and not always what they are told. Believe me, I am not that arrogant to try to claim that title...I would be a fool.sarah kammlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198972274855544571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-36709254719565240182010-07-08T19:38:15.689-07:002010-07-08T19:38:15.689-07:00Ouch! Mainstream ...painful word seeing that I spe...Ouch! Mainstream ...painful word seeing that I spent half my life in a skate/punk subculture and I spewed that term to every suit and tie I came across...oh the irony.<br /><br />In a market saturated with "fast food furniture", cookie cutter design and mega lifestyle machines, I wanted to create something that spoke to me and my fascination with all things vintage, mechanical,and had some soul.<br /> I do a lot of handwork and incorporate buckles/hinges/watch cogs...things I find beautiful.My intentions were to create furniture that was outside of the box and reflected my taste.<br /><br />In this industry I am perceived as odd, strange and well...there is overall sense of "not one of us"...kind of like high school only times it by a million.(atleast you could get a hall pass and leave if someone criticized you in art class!)<br />I'm o.k. with that, I've always been one of the outer fringe dwellers anyways. The world would be a better place with more of us being o.k. with that. <br />Anyways, I hope you see the honesty of my work as something that reflects the beauty of steam punk, not as catch phrase or fad.<br />The article quote made me cringe as well....sounds forced and formulated, that was not my intention. <br /><br />-Sarah Kammlah<br />Kammlah.Thayer Collectionsarah kammlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198972274855544571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-38142445692051915902010-06-17T11:41:33.591-07:002010-06-17T11:41:33.591-07:00Bingo!
You hit the nail right on the rusty '...Bingo! <br /><br />You hit the nail right on the rusty 'ol head here, Sonja.<br /><br /> Thanks!Art Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810885050839493428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-74526286278659082682010-06-16T16:28:50.473-07:002010-06-16T16:28:50.473-07:00I don't so much have an issue with elements of...I don't so much have an issue with elements of industrial and/or steampunk going rogue... I mean mainstream. I would love nothing more then a return to adults living and behaving like adults rather than children. <br /><br />I read the article you posted and then looked through the Restoration Hardware galleries. There is some very fine pieces I wouldn't mind owning if I was rich. However, all the gallery photographs lacked soul because the items photographed lacked a lot of personal, DIY touches. <br /><br />The Steampunk aesthetic can't be all or nothing in regards to DIY culture. I fancy myself a budding steampunk'd Martha Stewart with an overwhelming preference to make my own stuff or have people I know make it for me if necessary. However, if I can't make it or find vintage or antique, I wouldn't hesitate to buy new. If I need a chair, I can go on principle and wait a year for the perfect piece even if that means sitting on the floor, or I can just go and buy a chair. <br /><br />The only thing that did make me angry about the article was the lady claiming in an off-hand way that she thought up the name "steam punk". Perhaps I'm reading too much into it but she comes off as dishonest and disingenuous.Sonja Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01487286684091726630noreply@blogger.com