Modding Art Deco Keyboard by Datamancer

My friend Richard Nagy (aka Datamancer) just unveiled his new art deco-influenced keyboard.

Datamancer's Art Deco Keyboard



Datamancer in mostly known for his Steampunk creations. Many of you might recognize a few of them. My favorite has been his scanner mod that looks like a Myst link book.

 

How did you find that! It's not on Brass Goggles or Datamancers home page. Just excellent although there's probably only a handful of us here that would acknowledge a steampunk habit or have even heard Abney Park.

Thank you,

Ancient Tinkerer

 

I'm proud to say that I might have had a small part in this creation.

 

Insider knowledge. Never a bad thing. Built or designed the end caps did you? They have yor touch.

john

 

Advised is a word I'm comfortable with here. He's got too much talent to need anything else.

"You know the path Grasshopper."

 

needs to be mass produced, id buy one.

 

very cool, but looks very out of place with the iMac

 

Yummy. My keyboards take too much abuse to be decorated that nicely...

 

Yeah my old keyboard still works but took a lot of Stepmania-related damage around the arrow keys. I may try modding it just for the hell of it.

 

Bah...put some wear and tear on it and then smugly call it "patina". That keyboard might even be cooler if it looked like it had been used for the last 70-some years.

There is a whole art behind adding patina to new things. Green brass/copper, rust, dents, stains. Some of it is pretty amazing. I just can't bring myself around to doing intentional damage.

 

Gizmodo article

 

I too have a thing for steam punk.
Abney park are good .

Nice keyboard.

 

Gorgeous... In fact, so gorgeous, I'd be afraid to even use it.

 

It is bootiful, but I fear somewhere a typewriter may have died for those shiny keys

 

OMG Amazing!

 

I want a typewriter