Shibina Nadegda
bear and maths
Steampunk Jacob Marley
Debuted at Dickens on the strand 2011
Steampunk take on Jacob Marley. The “Penance Muzzle” is brass and leather, and upon loosening of wing nuts, drops down freeing the wearer’s mouth. Done in place of the simple cloth that the traditional character had tied around his head to keep his jaw from dropping horrifically. I really enjoyed portraying this character. I could one moment truly frighten people, and in an instant, switch to complete sorrow and remorse. It was really a gem seeing the change in peoples expressions when I did this, I could tell that I had them by the heartstrings. One woman even got teary eyed and wanted to comfort me, but didn’t know how. How do you comfort someone who has been sentenced to an eternity of realized penance?
Steampunk Tenor Semi-Hollow electric ukulele - Naoko
Steampunk Komuso Shakuhachi / Medicant Monk
A komusō (虚無僧 komusō?, Hiragana こむそう; also romanized komusou or komuso) was a Japanese mendicant monk of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, during the Edo period of 1600-1868.[1] Komusō were characterised by the straw basket (a sedge or reed hood named a tengai) worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego. (Wikipedia)
