We’ve been making steampunk airships incased in snow sparkle globes for quite a few years, and like to think we’ve gotten better over time. Experience is an excellent teacher, although the tuition can be high. Early airships … More recent airships … One question we get asked at shows is: can you make a smaller … Continue reading
A Bear Up There
A departure from ray guns and airships and floating islands in the sky. Almost, but not quite, back to nature. You see, I really like black bears. And I had this little thought: Wouldn’t it be adorable if one found an abandoned swing in the woods and tested it out? And it was everything we … Continue reading
More on The Tangle movie
If you’ve been following along, you’ll recall that we provided a unique snow globe for the independent movie, The Tangle.The good news is the movie is nearly complete – they are shooting a final scene and moving into editing. If you’d like to help see this movie become reality, the final push is happening with … Continue reading
Coming Home to Sky Island City
Imagine a city in the sky, a floating island of bustling industry. Airships carry passengers and supplies from land to land, from cloud to cloud. The island is a blink in the eye of the universe; it is the entire world for those who live there. Does the world come to visit the Sky Island … Continue reading
Moonlight Ride
Silent as the stars, carried on the wind, a lone balloon on a moonlight ride. Over the sleeping city, dancing in the wisps of fireplace smoke and weaving over a thousand dreams below. When shaken, the liquid fills with sparkling black dust and tiny reflective glitter; the sky is alive with comets and shooting stars. … Continue reading
Glimpse of a Globe
Remember when we told you that an independent movie, “The Tangle,” was featuring one of our snow globes in this very stylish neo-noir, hard sci-fi feature film? Well, the film makers have just released a teaser, and an IndieGoGo campaign for the final touches. Without spoiling the plot, you can glimpse the globe in the … Continue reading