The phone line trouble was resolved quicker than I expected thanks to a couple of efficient engineers and a new line. Normal service is now resumed.
Last month seemed to be one rush job after another, of which this was one of the results, a cover for a forthcoming collection of pieces from SteamPunk Magazine. Another collage work mostly, juxtaposed against one of the photos I took years ago of rusting rail bridge supports in central Manchester. Those photos get used a lot when I need some organic textures: one of the others fills in the background of the cover for Jeff VanderMeer’s Finch. I really ought to get some fresh pictures.
I’m not sure when this collection will be out but when it is the news will be mentioned here. And while we’re on the subject, it’s worth mentioning again that SJ Chambers, co-editor with Jeff V of The Steampunk Bible, will be appearing at The Last Tuesday Society in London this coming Tuesday. Details here.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Morlocks, airships and curious cabinets
• The Steampunk Bible
• Steampunk Reloaded
• Steampunk overloaded!
• More Steampunk and the Crawling Chaos
• Steampunk Redux
• Steampunk framed
• Steampunk Horror Shortcuts
Congrats on the cover! Nice work.
This is beautiful work – exquisitely stylized and detailed. Bravo!