Laura Morrigan

  Steamfest Australia 2013  (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August, Ipswich Racecourse) The Newcastle Steampunks- my friends Stacey, Mardo, Yasmin and I. A steam train. Unfortunately we did not get a chance to ride on it, but we did get to choke on its fumes everytime it went by the stage area, a nice reminder of why some progress is a very good thing. Stacey and Mardo before we went in. This was the only picture I got of the gorgeous underbust corset she made.  With Steampuk author GD Falksen. I got to ask him a few questions about writing, too. Stacey made my gown, too, she is very talented! The gorgeous parasol Stacey covered.  The lovely Cyndy Kitt of  Cyndy Kitt Productions  with her amazingly lifelike parrot. As someone who owns a bird, I have to say, it was uncannily real, the way it moved, the way it looked at you. It even spoke.  A steampunk baby carriage, because really, what else would you do if you had a steampunk kid? This charming and dapper...

 Here are some more pictures from the Gothic Sunday. I have a few more pictures coming. A choir on the the verandah Some of the volunteers wore gowns made by a local seamstress and movie costumier. They were very friendly and willing to talk to me about their costumes. This lovely lady was wearing an elaborately jet beaded bodice that the pictures do not do justice. Look at the white lacing up the left side! Amazing painstakingly done beadwork! Another volunteer in a gown with elaborately decorated bustle. There was also some beautiful textured material on the bodice. THE HOUSE If I remember right, the house was on a few stories, each coming off to the side of the main staircase. I can't remember what stories which rooms were on, I think that the ground floor rooms were a parlour and such which were mainly closed off or being used in tours, the first floor was the pictured parlour and the cupboard room and the top floor was bedrooms. There was a matching set of these decadent lamps...