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2011-02-27T07:28:00.001-06:00

More "Clockwork Wonderland"

2011-01-26T05:21:00.004-06:00

The Marquis of Vaudeville
presents
"A Clockwork Wonderland:
Through Aether and Mysterium"
Curtain Club Dallas TX
01/22/11

A Night Of Gentle Lunacy In The Clockwork Wonderlands

2011-01-23T13:24:00.006-06:00

The Marquis of Vaudeville presents:
A Clockwork Wonderland
Through Aether and Mysterium
Curtain Club Dallas TX USA
01/22/11

A World of Wondrous Toys and Tools and Other Assorted Victorian Oddities and Goods

2010-12-17T05:22:00.006-06:00

Recent creations
from the workshop
of Kathy Gieswein Bodnar:
toys and tools for Steampunks
and Various Twisted Victorians
and Other Assorted Gentle Lunatics:

Kathy Gieswein Bodnar's "newkgbtoo" gallery of crafted wonderworks on eBay

Visit the scottozoid art&salvage collection of pirate haute couture on zazzle

More Pirates, More Lunatics, More Gathering, More Assembling

2010-11-21T11:21:00.006-06:00

piratical haute couture and more from scottozoid art&salvage on zazzle.com

2010-11-21T11:21:00.000-06:00

Assorted Pirates and Gentle Lunatics, Gathered and Assembled For Your Ocular Viewing Pleasure

2010-11-21T07:52:00.008-06:00

scottozoid art&salvage t shirts on zazzle.com

THANKS FOR VISITING PLANETA SCOTTOZOID
OPEN THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS NEW YEARS 24/7/365
WE NEVER CLOSE

Ever Shifting Often Dissolving Occasionally Drifting Personal Portrait Gallery

2010-11-16T15:15:00.004-06:00

The Gallery
Of Personal Portraits
Avatars and Profile Shots
Fall 2010

Show The World Your Piratitude: shirts from scottozoid art&salvage on zazzle.com

Maybe Sometimes Roger Isn't Quite So Jolly (later October 2010 part deux)

2010-10-30T05:22:00.004-05:00

Post Modern Piratepunkism:
It's your flagpole,
Fly any colours you like...

VISIT THE SCOTTOZOID ART&SALVAGE STORE ON ZAZZLE DOT COM (thank you)

Shallow Hallow Weenie (later October 2010)

2010-10-28T20:41:00.004-05:00

scottozoid art&salvage is now happening on zazzle.com: http://www.zazzle.com/scottozoid/gifts

thanks for visiting mi planeta...

Strictly Commercial But Safe As Milk (Lick Your Own Decals Off Baby)

2010-10-15T05:06:00.004-05:00

Designs Available Soon
at the scottozoid art&salvage store
on zazzle.com

Shiver Your Own Damn Timbers (still more o' me pirate arrrrt)

2010-10-13T21:05:00.002-05:00

October 2010

Preparing Practicing Practical Piratical Prancing Pefectly

2010-10-05T16:43:00.006-05:00

A Month of Piracy (a giant sloppy conclusion a/k/a "part four")

2010-09-30T21:02:00.000-05:00

09/30/10:
Spent the last month
in a state of piratical grace
enjoying the sweet trade on the account
with pirates buccaneers, airship privateers
participating
as well as watching
My Month of Piracy

A Month of Piracy (still more: part 3)

2010-09-30T16:51:00.001-05:00

Still More from me Month of Piracy:
September 2010 has been a great time
more photos more of everything
and still more to come...

A Month of Piracy (part two)

2010-09-30T16:16:00.000-05:00

September 2010 was a fantastic
Month of Privacy
Pirate Fairs and Steampunk Events
More digital impressions and memories
from
scottozoid art&salvage

Month of Piracy (part 1)

2010-09-29T05:54:00.000-05:00

The blasting heat of summer in North Texas
has subsided and given way to
the warmth of September...

The last month has been a whirl of piracy
and related type events...

Been so busy participating (and snapping photos)
that I haven't had time to postulate
on this blog space...

So for the next few days...

A Month of Piracy (and Steampunkery too)

Part One:

Undefined Artitude

2010-09-08T05:29:00.001-05:00

(late summer remixed)

Sublime Piratitude

2010-09-05T15:11:00.000-05:00

Late Summer Swashbuckling

(click on the pics)

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY IS SEPTEMBER 19

Divine Cattitude

2010-09-05T10:02:00.000-05:00

Miss Junior Cat
September 2010

Bee And Double You

2010-08-29T09:53:00.000-05:00

Summertime in North Texas
sometimes feels monochromatic

Blog Entry Number 400 (Steampunk Sci Fi Equalizer)

2010-08-11T20:39:00.000-05:00

Coming Soon on eBay:
Steampunk Sci-Fi
Equalizer Weapon and Holster
by newKGBtoo
Kathy Gieswein Bodnar

Victorian Adventurers Utility Belt by Kathy

2010-08-06T20:57:00.001-05:00

Victorian Adventurers Utility Belt
Custom crafted by
Kathy Gieswein Bodnar
a/k/a newKGBtoo on eBay

this custom piece was finished and sold
eariler this week

CLICK ON THE PICTURE
FOR LARGER IMAGES

LINKS TO MORE VICTORIAN ODDITIES on eBay:

Scientific Steampunk Pouch by Kathy on eBay

Victorian Ornate Steampunk Pouch by Kathy on eBay

Victorian Oddity Steampunk Feathered Hat Embellishment by Kathy on eBay

Another Victorian Oddity Steampunk Feathered Hat Embellishment by Kathy on eBay

Watch for more designs coming soon!
Custom orders available
specializing in
Jedi Knights, Pirates, Steampunks
for Fun and Fantasy

Victorian Time Traveler's Pouches by Kathy

2010-08-01T09:03:00.001-05:00

On ebay:
Victorian Oddities
Wearable Steampunk Artlycrafts
by Kathy Gieswein Bodnar
a/k/a "NewKGBtoo"

Steampunk Adventurers Leather Pouch on ebay

Victorian Steampunk Scientific Leather Travel Pouch on ebay

both styles on display "two for the road"

Victorian Oddities: Steampunk Feather Clips

2010-07-30T18:48:00.001-05:00

COMING SOON on ebay
from Kathy Gieswein Bodnar
(a/k/a New KGB Too)

Unique Victorian decorative
feather hair/hat clips:
leather base with metal nuts
washers and metallic lace

Victorian Oddity listing on ebay

Victorian Oddity listing on ebay

Victorian Oddity listing on ebay

Piratical Exercise: A Letter of Marque

2010-07-27T19:34:00.000-05:00

So...
as an exercise
a challenge...
to make a
"Letter of Marque"
for a pirate crew:

A Wondrous Appliance from The Golden Age of Steam

2010-07-26T17:58:00.001-05:00

From The Labortory Files:
The Steampunk Adventurers Utility Belt
by Lady Hestia Jones
(Kathy Gieswein Bodnar)
d/b/a "newkgbtoo" on ebay

(click on the photos
for larger images)

Step into the design studio...

Behold: the latest creation from newkgbtoo:
The Steampunk Adventurers Utility Belt!

Practical as well as ornamental:

The latest up-to-date styles of the 19th Century...

Exquisite, rare, unique, one-of-a-kind...

This special offering can be yours and yours alone...
now available on eBay...
Steampunk Adventurers Utility Belt New and Exclusive on ebay (click here)

COMING SOON
from the Studio...
Time Traveler's Pouches
and
Victorian Feather Brooches
and
Hat Fancies and Favors

Blank Shadow Chinoiserie Space

2010-07-25T12:49:00.001-05:00

Jedis Pirates Steampunks and Other Gentle Lunatics

2010-07-20T22:17:00.001-05:00

This is Kathy. Kathy is a lot of things: she is a Jedi Knight, she is a pirate, and she is sometimes a Steampunk...

But she is first and foremost in her heart a costumer, a creator of wearable fantasy...she has made some really nice custom stuff for me...like this black Regency inspired cutaway tail coat for one of my Steampunk outfits...

She makes great pirate gear, too...belts and accessories, and custom work, like this Pirate Captain's coat in this photo from Scarborough Renaissance Festival in April 2010...

There's a story behind this next costume...it is a Steampunk Belly Dancer...I found a fabulous vintage-y looking lapis lazuli belly dancer waist belt...I gave it to Kathy on the understanding that she would make a Middle Eastern dance costume that would match the lapis lazuli...

And the legend goes...her character, Lady Hestia Jones, Archaeologist (and great-aunt of Indiana Jones) was captured by renegade Bedouins while on a dig in North Africa...they absconded with her khakis and this is what she was wearing when she managed her thrilling escape from those rascals...

And fortunately, after narrowly diverting disaster and A Fate Worse Than Death, she was happily reunited with her long time colleague and traveling companion Dr Charles Wellington Scott.

Kathy does nice leather and detailed accessory work also...here are some detail shots from a custom made Steampunk Utility Belt...

After five years of doing private custom work and commissions, Kathy is slowly branching out and working on going public with her work. Eventually she hopes to carry a small limited line of fine leather and costume accessory pieces for Jedis and Pirates and Steampunks alike, belts and pouches and specialty pieces for the discriminating geek in all of us.

Here are some photos of her first offering, a Jedi Knight belt and pouches...

A belt fit for Sky Walking...

Back Detail of the Jedi Knight belt

Side detail of the Jedi Knight belt

Examples of custom leather pouch work for the Jedi belts.

This piece is currently up for auction on ebay: for more information, click on the link below and contact Kathy through the ebay site or leave a message with Scottozoid here if you are interested in owning one of these fine custom pieces for the Jedi or Pirate or Steampunk in you.

Jedi Knight Belt and Pouches on ebay

Attitudes, Affectations and Accessories

2010-07-19T22:44:00.001-05:00

Whirly Jig at the Colorado Renaissance Festival

2010-07-15T07:06:00.001-05:00

Whirly Jig
live at the Pirate's Pub
Colorado Renaissance Festival
07/11/10

Whirly Jig Music

Colorado Renaissance Festival (part three)

2010-07-13T22:19:00.000-05:00

Colorado Renaissance Festival
Larkspur CO
Sunday
07/11/10
(part three)

LINKS:
Scottozoid Art&Salvage on etsy

Colorado Steampunks on facebook

Steampunks at the Colorado Renaissance Festival (part two)

2010-07-13T20:38:00.000-05:00

Steampunk Invasion
at Colorado Renaissance Festival
Larkspur CO
07/10/10
(part two)

LINKS:
Scottozoid Art&Salvage on etsy

Colorado Steampunks on facebook

Steampunks at the Colorado Renaissance Festival (part one)

2010-07-13T09:19:00.001-05:00

Steampunk Invasion
at Colorado Renaissance Festival
Larkspur CO
07/10/10
(part one)

LINKS:
Scottozoid Art&Salvage on etsy

Colorado Steampunks on facebook

Art And/Or Salvage

2010-07-07T05:57:00.000-05:00

Remixes and Bonus Tracks:
July 2010

Tres Mas Tambien Hoy

2010-07-06T06:05:00.000-05:00

Explodeth My Soul

2010-07-05T20:31:00.000-05:00

Independence/Codependence

2010-07-04T09:41:00.000-05:00

July Fourth Two Thousand Ten:

Chilpachole

2010-07-01T18:49:00.000-05:00

ISLA MUJERES Q ROO MX:

There is this wonderful and charming but homey and humble little family owned restaurante in Colonia La Gloria...

Restaurante La Bruja "The Witch" though I don't think there is anything wicked or particularly witchy about this little restaurant at all!

It is actually rather friendly and inviting...

La Bruja is not fancy, it is a good place for real Mexican homestyle cooking. I have had tacos and enchiladas and guacamole and even nice salads there...it is comfortable and inexpensive and delicious and open from fairly early in the day until fairly late in the evening. I absolutely adore their Enchiladas Suizas (but always eat them too fast to take photos! LOL!)

But I want to write about Chilpachole:

"Chilpachole" is a Sunday morning-only treat at La Bruja, and you really do need to get there before noon, they do sell out of this wonderful seafood stew fast.

From "My Recipes.com" I got that "Chilpachole" is pronounced "CHIL-pa-CHOLE" and not "CHIL-pa-cho-LAY" which was news to me...from "Mexconnect.com" I got that Chilpachole is a specialty of Veracruz, and from both web sites and some other sources (thanks Google!) I found out what I had suspected all along, that most Chilpachole recipes call for crab and shrimp as major ingredients, and all the recipes I looked at also included tomato, garlic, onion and lime, in a chicken or seafood stock. Then all the recipes varied in their use of chiles: guajillo, pasilla, serrano, ancho and morita were some of the chiles listed in the basic Chilpachole recipes.

For me, Chilpachole reminds me a lot of the wonderful Italian Fisherman's Stew Cioppino, also called Caciucco. In fact, it was Caciucco that I enjoyed at North Beach in San Francisco that comes to mind when I savor the Chilpachole at La Bruja.

Rich, spicy (but not too "hot") fragrant stock with flavors of tomato and garlic and the sea...that's Chilpachole at La Bruja...

At La Bruja, they are very generous with the very fresh crab, an entire crab in the bowl, along with rock shrimp, fish, conch and pulpo (octopus). It takes a little work to get to the Caribbean crab meat, but seafood lovers like me know that a little elbow grease makes the shellfish taste even better.

Best of all: two big bowls of Chilpachole, a beer and a coke only cost about ten US bucks total! Imagine how much you would pay for this kind of freshly caught seafood and shellfish in the US. If you could get it this fresh!

La Bruja has a lot of yummy non fishy things on their menu, and I highly recommend trying everything. But if you love fresh seafood, really really fresh seafood, like I do...you have to go there on Sunday, around 10 or 11 am, and try Chilpachole!

The First of July

2010-07-01T05:27:00.000-05:00

More reworked and revisited pics
found while working on a project
for a friend...

Big Hits and Near Misses (Early Summer 2009)

2010-06-25T20:46:00.000-05:00

Revisited and Remixed:

Second Looks at Works from May-June 2009

(click on the images for larger views)

More Steamy Summer Scanner Sketchbook Stuff

2010-06-23T21:02:00.000-05:00

found objects/digital photography/epson perfection 1250 scanner
June 2010

http://www.etsy.com/shop/scottozoid

Extra Disposible Exposure

2010-06-22T19:46:00.001-05:00

more from a disposible 110 film camera
May/June 2010

Recuerdos Del Amor Perdido

2010-06-22T19:28:00.000-05:00

Isla Mujeres Q Roo MX
May 2010

Disposable camera w/110 speed film

Steamy Sunday Scanner Sketchbook

2010-06-20T13:40:00.001-05:00

(tests and trials without tribulations)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/scottozoid

Skulls & Crossroads

2010-06-16T22:50:00.001-05:00

Variations on Themes New and Revisited

(click on the pic for enlargement)

LINKAGE:

Shop PLANETA SCOTTOZOID Art&Salvage in etsy

Pirates Wenches Steampunks

2010-06-16T10:34:00.000-05:00

Colorado Renaissance Festival
Larkspur CO
Sat/Sun June 12-13 2010

LINK:

SCOTTOZOID ART&SALVAGE on etsy

Skull Session

2010-06-15T01:08:00.001-05:00

LINK:
Planeta Scottozoid shop on etsy

Mas y Mas y Mas y Mas (Que Viva Los Lobos)

2010-06-07T21:02:00.000-05:00

Mas y Mas

"Let's go, mi chula
Come on out with me
We can throw a changla
Till half pasando three
Get all tangled up
Fall on the floor
Go out, Bailando
Beat down all the doors"

"Uno pa delante
Otro pa detras
Da me chispas, baby
Da me mas y mas y mas y mas y mas"

"Let's go, Bailando
Noche's lookin' fine
Jump into the carro
Drink a bunch of wine
Don't tell us nothin'
We look out-a-sight
Tell a lotta lies and
Go outside and fight"

"Uno pa delante
Otro pa detras
Da me chispas, baby
Da me mas y mas y mas y mas y mas"

"Uno pa delante
Otro pa detras
Da me chispas, honey
Da me mas y mas y mas y mas y mas"

-Los Lobos "Mas y Mas"
(David Hidalgo/Louie Perez)

Los Lobos Live At The Fillmore on Amazon

LOS LOBOS.org

De Colores

2010-06-05T04:41:00.001-05:00

Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores
Me gustan a mi.

LINK: http://www.etsy.com/shop/scottozoid

Sunset On Playa Sol

2010-06-04T05:02:00.000-05:00

Playa Sol
Isla Mujeres Q Roo MX
05/28/10

Scottozoid Now On Etsy

2010-05-20T17:25:00.001-05:00

Announcing goodies for sale on etsy.com

T Shirts from Scottozoid Art&Salvage:

New Designs soon plus unique and one-of-a-kind Steampunk and Piratical headwear for the discrimintating weirdo...

Please check out the etsy shop: THANKS!!!

Scottozoid Art & Salvage on etsy.com

Dr Scott, I presume?

2010-05-16T07:19:00.001-05:00

Costume pics

2010-05-14T16:15:00.000-05:00

05/13/10

A Round For The House

2010-05-13T23:07:00.001-05:00

Green Space Arts Dancers at the Denton Art&Jazz Festival

2010-05-12T05:12:00.000-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
part five

http://www.greenspacearts.com

Green Space Arts Dancers in Denton TX (more part four)

2010-05-11T20:08:00.001-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
part four point two

http://www.greenspacearts.com/

More Dancing from Denton (part four)

2010-05-11T19:53:00.000-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
part four point one

Link: Green Space Arts Collective Denton TX

New Craft Project for Victorian Time Tourist (Steampunk) Costume

2010-05-11T06:02:00.001-05:00

A craft project for my "Victorian Time Tourist" (a/k/a "Steampunk") costuming
Redesign the top hat in the bleu/gris spectrum
With leather and chains...

I made a chain with charms I found at Michael's then linked together:

I tried different combinations of fabric, leather and chains...

Side views:

Merry Month of May

2010-05-10T05:41:00.001-05:00

I have at least 100 images to organize and post here: more pics of the dancers at the Art/Jazz Fest in Denton and images from The Texas Pirate Festival.

Meanwhile, here are some odd pics that have been accumulating:

Green Space Arts Collective Dancers (part three)

2010-05-01T04:45:00.000-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
part three

LINK: Green Space Arts Collective Denton TX

(A SPECIAL THANKS to ANGELA DAVIS for shooting the second camera photos on this event with me: thanks FiFi)

Green Space Arts Dancers (part two)

2010-04-28T20:37:00.001-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
part two

LINK: Green Space Arts Collective Denton TX

(A SPECIAL THANKS to ANGELA DAVIS for shooting the second camera photos on this event with me: thanks FiFi)

Spirits Dancing In The Park...

2010-04-28T17:54:00.000-05:00

Dancers from
Green Space Arts Collective
Denton TX
Denton Art&Jazz Festival
Sunday 04/24/10
PART ONE

link: Green Space Arts Karen MacIntyre, director in Denton TX

(A SPECIAL THANKS to ANGELA DAVIS for shooting the second camera photos on this event with me: thanks FiFi)

Scarborough Faire (3rd weekend part two)

2010-04-25T06:48:00.000-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday April 24 2010

LINKS

Scarborough Renaissance Festival web site

Far Shores Trading Company web site

Scarborough Faire (3rd weekend part one)

2010-04-25T06:33:00.000-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday April 24 2010

LINKS:

Scarborough Renaissance Festival web site

Far Shores Trading Co web site

Balderdash & Excelsior: Stuff & Nonsense

2010-04-22T18:10:00.000-05:00

My continuing fascination with inanimate objects
And my Epson Perfection 1250 scanner

Scarborough Faire (2nd weekend part four)

2010-04-19T19:27:00.000-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday Sunday
04/17-18/2010

Scarborough Renaissance Festival web site

Queen Anne's Lace web site
(a capella harmonies and tart-ish high jinks)(LOL)

Isis and The Star Dancers/Belly Dance Delights web site

Scarborough Faire (2nd weekend part three)

2010-04-19T05:42:00.000-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday-Sunday
04/17-18/2010

link to: Scarborough Renaissance Festival web site

Scarborough Faire (2nd weekend part 2)

2010-04-18T23:33:00.000-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday 04/17/10

Scarborough Faire 2nd Weekend (part 1)

2010-04-18T06:53:00.001-05:00

Scarborough Renaissance Festival
Waxahachie TX
Saturday
04/17/10

Scarborough Renaissance Festival