Steampunk is at its best when you can see the hand of the maker.
A scratched piece of brass, a hand-stitched leather pouch, a modified hat or a strange repurposed mechanism carries something mass production struggles to reproduce: personality.
Making is central to steampunk
The culture has always rewarded modification, repair, invention and reuse. Makers take ordinary materials and push them into another imagined world.
Ask how it was made
When you meet a trader at a festival, talk to them. The story behind an object can be as interesting as the finished piece.
Support skills as well as products
Buying handmade work supports sewing, leatherworking, metalworking, jewellery making, illustration, prop building and dozens of other practical skills.
Maker profiles on Steampunk UK
We will be profiling creators across Britain so visitors can discover not just what they sell, but how and why they make it.