New products are beginning to roll out of our little “Steam Powered Art Factory”.

Always drawing constantly thinking

New for this spring the “Thompson Torpedo” a six cylinder open cockpit all metal body racer.

the “Thompson Torpedo” warming up

Major Recent Scientific finds in London News: While recently redoing the sub basement in the Royal British Science Academy, England researchers were amazed to come across a large wooden chest, dating back to late 1864. When preyed open this dusty chest was found to contain a very early steam rocket ship fully scaled a working production model. It is believed to be the lost work of the somewhat eccentric but brilliant professor Merrill Zachariah. The scale model was created during the great steam rocket ship period in England, it is a fully detailed working scale models. The model was found compete with launch gantry details, as well the professor’s three detailed scientific notebooks (formulas, materials, weights, as well as two complete sky charts and sub orbital equations. This is a most mazing find as reported the British Press in that this now brings to light an almost forgotten time in British Steam Powered Flight history. It will now become a very rare and highly prized addition the academy’s scienctific materials collection. The value has been declared priceless, and professor Merrill Zachariah’s amazingly detailed fully illustrated notes books will go on display as well in The Royal Academy’s Museum in early spring.

As ideas flow almost constenally now a small pocket doodle pad on the bus into the city is extremely important these days This is an early idea sketch for space helmet number four-steam suit with rebreather

Screen Tests Experimenting with mixing one dimensional and two dimensional art Reality and fantasy are now are melting away seamlessly, next some movement and sound.

Depicted here in a rare photograph of space flight suit number two designed and built by Octavius Johnson in Bath England unfortunely it was flatly rejected by the Royal Science Academy. Octavius flight suit simply proved to be too cumbersome and weighted too much for the aeronauts to carry several aboard their steam rocket in its flight to the heavens.

Professor Langford “The Iron Rocetship” “Steam Pulse Rocket ship” Coal burning true “Space Frigate.” “A Cast Iron Bullet” designed to soar into the heavens above and bring back untold wonders as well as riches from the as of yet unexplored outer limits of deep space. All commonly given names for professor Langford's Space exploration machine created 1869

Professor Merrill Zachariah’s original laboratory notebook, Qiang Wei’s short-range electro-o -static space pistol, and her communications head set from the Royal Steam British space ship “Excelsior” 1884

Qiang Wei is a steam aeronught aboard the English steam space ship Excelsior 1884 she has just stepped out on to the surface of Mars. Show here is Qiang Wei wearing a rebreather steam space suit model number four, much improved over model number two. Qiang Wei is the adopted daughter of a retired British clipper ship captain; she was raised in London and attends the Royal Academy of Arts and Science where she exceled at math, engineering, and music, but much more about the exotic and somewhat mysterious Qiang Wei as the story unfolds

A TRENT robot on board the Royal British Steam rocket ship “The Excelsior” startles international Aroenaught Qiang Wei. TRENT: {Tactial, Robot, Enforcement, Navigation, and Troubleshooter)

We now have our new banner out in front of the steam powered art factory and it has real bolts on the bottom both sides.

Thinking about packaging the steady stream of ideas and images under one umbrella

Professor Elisha Emmett Shown here in his what was commonly referred to as to as the professors flying potato. This was all an all cast iron rocket ship designed for a single shot at the heavens and later to be recovered at sea by a tramp steamer and brought ashore. Never tested due to the simple fact that the professor could simply not find the funding from the royal academy so the project was canceled. The rocket ship itself can be still viewed just outside the Royal Science Hall at Cambridge England. Also of note this project marked the first use of a wireless set aboard an attempted space flight.

“Zelda” Man Rays Magic assistant It was Zelda who first introduced Topo the clown to the sweet pipe of dreams Topo eventually becomes addicted to her sweet opium and it slowly plays into his demise. Topo was infatuated with Zelda memorized by her exotic beauty and would do anything to obtain her sweet love. Little else is know of Zelda other the she was of Persian decent and raised by a British sea captain somewhere in the south of Leads. Zelda is the main character in that she is the object of desire, love and intrigue as our Victorian steam drama begins to unravel.

Introducing the brilliant but quite mad “Magnificent Man-Ray the Magician”. Also known, as the mad magician of Scotland Man- Ray is world famous for his acts of daring and terrifying escapes from the jaws of death.

Man-Ray (The Mad Magician) Man-Ray was known through out England for his near death escapes from burning barrels and to his now famous escape from “Dr. Kalaberries Cabinet of Death”. Once locked into the cabinet Zelda his stage assistant filled it with water. Man-Ray would always manage to emerge within just seconds to go on the clock of death much to the audience’s horror. Man -Ray was a born performer who could work the crowd into a frinzy, although many believed him to be quite mad. His circus wagon and stage was painted with the claim that he was” Man-Ray the Magnificent!” and to many he was.

Directions for making your own steam rock ship

Simply follow the lines and cut out your own rocket ship

A rocket of your own for your room a place to go when all-else fails

Our second calendar rolls of the press, very impressed with digital reproduction

Steam Locomotion to the Heavens Above The Victorians were so enamored with the sheer output of manufactured goods during the industrial age that to them steam powered space flight seemed quite possible. Steam Locomotion to the heavens above was the cry of the day. It was widely thought that if trains can travel with the power of steam why not people travel to the heavens above. The people wealthy enough to afford such a journey were to be called aeronauts.

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Construction begins on the flying teapot in the shop.

The Art begins to take shape

The Flying Tea Pot Berkshire England 1924 Constructed by a lone inventor and tinker, and former pilot John Hamilton Britain 1924.John was a former world war one fighter pilot Obsessed with flight and aviation since early childhood. Considered an eccentric by the local towns people of Berkshire his main obsession was steam powered lighter then air flight. He construct a large steam boiler with some recycled stove pipe and combined this with a large helium filled gas bag .He secretly broke several early altitude flight records testing mainly in early mornings when the air was light and not wanting to draw attention to his work. John Hamilton managed to make several flights over the small rural farms lands of his native village with this strange flying machine. Little else is know of John Hamilton and his aviation flight records he is believed to have married later in life and is thought to have sailed on a clipper ship to Singapore China where he lived out his final days.

This one will ring through only if you can remember five and dime stores or ten cent balsa wood gliders. Metal toys in the five and dime or where for five cents you could ride a fiberglass rocket ship in front of the store. Working with visions of a past youth for sure swirling around my head in the studio as the cold wind blows outside my cozy little shop.

“The Fensler Universal Fully Electrified Plus Static Space Gun,”1868 Conceived at the height of British Steam Space exploration program This is another rare British artifact of early steam based electro pulse based technology. Shown here is “The Fensler” seated in its charging mount which doubles As a stand.

Rocking Chair and Rocket Ship Fashion Floor Art Why does all art? Have to on the wall? Introducing the three stage Victorian Steam Powered Rocket Ship “The Victoria ” or Vic for short a three and a half foot free standing metal and wood sculpture.

The Outside Loop Hennery McCormick is pictured here in his home built monoplane as he performs a very difficult outside loop on a small airstrip just outside southern Oklahoma during the early evening of June 1926. Hennery’s Plane was an all-wood construction monoplane completely fabricated by hand in the family’s barn during the winters of 1924 - 1926. Hennery was a self-taught tradesman of sorts who worked in a small Oklahoma farm machine shop as a general fabricator. Hennery grew up on his family’s small farm and was of modest means but Hennery was a passionate aviation enthusiast since early childhood. Hennery never completed his education beyond the sixth grade but it was said of Hennery that he had hands of gold and could make just about anything. Hennery was said to have been quiet and sort of shy, and most folk considered him a bit of a dreamer. Hennery later went on to develop a mid level airport and an aviation school for young and old alike to let them embrace his passion for flight.

Parts of the stream rocket ship named “Tompkinsville" were transported by local motion to the Baltimore harbor during winter eighteen sixty four. The rocket was constructed entirely of cast iron forged at the great Baltimore iron works. It took one hundred workers over two months to assemble this rocket ship at the launch site on the harbors edge. This was a huge break through in steam-powered space flight, however reaching the moon proved to be a far greater feet and a most elusive quest.

The “Tompkinsville” steam rocket ship on harbors edge in her pre -flight countdown, she took over eight hours to get her boiler pressure up for blast off requirements. It was a cold windless night this dark December evening a simply perfect night for a shot at the moon.

The Tompkinsville blasts through the earths atmosphere with a burst of steam and amplified heat, as if the heavens opened embracing this strange and somewhat wonderful little craft .Who knew what adventures awaited this small machine as it steamed its way into the darkness of space, the date December 24 1864

What was this strange place still attched to the life support lines of the small capsule I slowly began to scan this dark forboden horizon. The atmosphere was dead silent aside from the steady hiss of the air compressor in my space suit. What odd and wondrous sights still lay ahead my heart was racing as I slowly moved around the perimeter of the “Tomskinville.”

The Frigate US Mary J Campbell recovering at sea an early record steam rocket capsual, after flying to the moon and landing off the coast of Baltimore during the winter of eighteen sixty-four. This was the first recorded steam shot and landing on the moon. This was marked also the first use of a steam powered air compressor to feed the airline of a hardhat diver by a United States federal naval vessel. Which also employed on this recovery naval operation a wireless headset that went from ship to diver it worked successfully to communicate with the navy diver through the use of Morse code.

Commander Post comes face to face with a moon droid