


Reveal and highlight those inside cogs and gears, anything mechanical make it skeleton, popular items like cars, motor bikes, clocks, pocket watches anything with cogs and gears inside set them free to be admired. Wells' the famous Steampunk writer to the back of a pocket watch will make it recognisable as Steampunk. By adding a famous quote like 'A simple touch melted my tin heart' or novelist initial like 'H. Engravings are a great way to personalise something metal or alternatively Steampunk it. Get jewellrey or pocket watch engraved with steampunk quote or initials. Add these colours to any item and it is on its way to looking like Steampunk most easily done through painting but can be transferred to material dying, tattoos, art, home decor among others. Paint things in the Steampunk colour pallet to make it Steampunk, though there are no set Steampunk colours and any are allowed being exquisite and beautiful all in their own way, some colours are commonly used - see the pallet below. For example taking a locket necklace and adding a charm to the chain that shows a octopus will be instantly recognisable to Steampunk fans who will more than likely say to you do you love Steampunk too? on seeing it. Adding a charm of one of these subculture motifs that are abundant online in places like ebay or etsy you can change a objects heritage to Steampunk. Add a Steampunk subculture motif charm to your jewellrey to make it Steampunk, motifs are popular in the Steampunk aesthetic some are the octopus, hot air balloon, cogs and gears, locomotive, dragonfly and keys. There are many to learn and once you have you will be closer to a true Steampunk Gent or lady prepared and capable. Some ways are obvious others are a little more obscure in this article we are going to explain several ways you can 'Steampunk something' so it is suitable for the aesthetic. Some are very popular and a right of passage or tradition like making your first set of Steampunk goggles from toilet roll tubes or even painting a fake plastic gun from a charity shop to look real and fit in to the fashion. There are endless ways this can be done to only the limits of the imagination. Where once before it was not, it is now Steampunk. It has become a popular way among the fans of the genre to describe the action of taking something, anything whether that be in decor, clothing, jewellrey and giving it a twist or even completely repurposing it so it enters into the steampunk aesthetic from its original state.

The words 'Steampunking', 'Steampunked' or 'Steampunk it' are words in their own right though not currently in the dictionary. Steampunk is all about using your hands to build and being independent just in case of the end times or the coming of a apocalyptic era.
