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The Amazing MacEwan Goggles Artist Shanti MacEwan begins with vintage found objects, pieces of cowhide, brass adornments, antique do-dads and whatchamacallits. All of the stitching is painstakingly hand done and with a double lock stitch. The leather base is a full mask, not two eye pieces connected by a little strip of leather, allowing a comfortable fit and Shanti a solid base to build on. Everything is drilled and bolted on, never glued. All the filigree Victorian accents, studs and fasteners are of brass. The armatures move and the lenses work and line up. We even make the main goggle lenses, they are UV filtering shatter resistant Plexiglas. If you are at Burning Man and a sand storm comes up, these will actually protect your eyes! Each piece is signed and dated by the artist. No two goggles are alike, they are incredible, wearable SteamPunk Art. Below are pictures of what is in stock at the moment, as they sell or new creations are made this page will always be updated. If you are interested in a pair, here's the email: and we can work out the details. Last update: March 19, 2012 |
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Goggle One: This pair most interesting parts are a bell and hands from a 1945 alarm clock and internal gears from the same clock, a support arm is from a 1943 motor in an adding machine and a small brass magnifying glass. Price SOLD |
Left Close Up; showing the bell and clock hands. |
Right Close Up: with the wire wrapped electric motor parts |
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Nice thing about all of Shanti's goggles is the things actually move. All of the lens move up and down, over the eyepiece or away from it. On this one the clock hands on the left move as well. |
All dressed up and ready to board the local Dirigible! |
This is how all of the goggles are finished in the back, brass or silver clasp and lots of adjustment room for hats. No ugly elastic bands! |
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Goggle 2 |
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| This pair's main pieces are
the wonderful dials from the vintage 1943 adding machine, a
working brass telescope that also contains a on/off LED
light, a magnifying lens on an vintage
typewriter arm (c.1924) and a brass porthole.
Price $345.00 |
Left view with the brass magnifier raised. The dials move, the telescope moves and of course the arm for the magnifying lens raises and lowers. | Right side view, with the lovely filigree accent. |
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On a Hat View. The key on the typewriter arm is a ?/, (on top of the small brass magnifier) | |
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Goggle 3 |
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| This pair's main components are vintage
clock gears, a large magnifying glass on a typewriter arm,
an expanding brass telescope and a brass porthole lens
cover. (sorry about the crooked angle, the pith helmet hates
the glass heads!) Price: SOLD |
Left side view. | Right Side View. The monocle moves, and the arm it is built into raises and lowers. The telescope is fully functional and collapses and expands. |
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Top view showing the 8/* key on top. | |
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Goggle 4 |
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| This beautiful pair makes use
of a liquid filled compass, a double typewriter armature,
vintage clock gears, a brass telescope with an on/off LED
light and a small antique
magnifying jewelers' lens. Price $325.00 |
Left side view, with the double arm compass fitting. | Right side view with the telescope. |
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| On a Hat view of this delightful creation. | Top view showing the typewriter key - Tabular Key - on the graceful armature. | |
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Goggle 5 |
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This beautifully fanciful pair makes use of three vintage typewriter arms, antique clock gears, 4 magnifying lenses that move and line up, antique dials from the adding machine and a wonderful brass calibration ring from a vintage sextant. Price; $365.00 |
Left View Top: showing the elaborate triple typewriter arms and keys (H, I, 9/'), gears, 4 magnifying lenses all crowned with a green laser emitting charger. Well, no, it's actually a cool green marble, but we pretend it's a green laser emitting charger. | Ride Side View: the arm raises and lowers, of course. |
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| Right Side Top View: showing
the brass porthole and calibration ring.
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Right side view, a bit quieter because of all the elaboration elsewhere. | |
