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Unique Steampunk and Retro Industrial Lighting and Décor

For Home, Office, or Commercial Space 


Featured Categories

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Nautical

For those who love the water

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Accoustic

Amp up your phone, no power required

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wall lighting

Bringing the Past to Light

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Reimagined Fans

Antique Fan Lights Static and Rotating

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MCM

Mid Century Modern With a Twist

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Automotive

Vintage Automotive

Current Available Pieces

Nautical

For those who love the water, whether it be lakeside or oceanside, these items will surely make a statement.

Propeller & Gauge Table Light

$699.00

A vintage brass proppeller, pressure gauge and Edison syle bulb are mounted on a base of sealed wormwood. The wormwood is from a recovered submerged piling from Puget Sound. To complete the look, the base has been rimmed in a rusted metal strip with metal rivits. 

This comes with a five foot cloth wrapped cord. 

Height 10", Width 12", Depth 10"

11.2 Pounds

Submarine Table Light

$895.00

Perfect for the Submariner! This one-of-a-kind table lamp showcases two vintage submarine gauges back-lit with LED lighting and mounted on diamond plate, along with a polished brass propeller. A vertical pipe rises from the marine gray machinery gear to support the panel and a vintage explosion-proof light on top. The top light is activated by turning the red plumbing handle.

Propeller, Reel & Lure Table Light

$699.00

Here's something for those who love the water and fishing. This one-of-a-kind tabletop lamp features a brass propeller and vintage fishing reel and lure. The piece is mounted to wood that was once part of a pier in WA state. The wood was reclaimed from being submerged in Puget Sound for several years. There are visable holes and tunnels in the wood that salt water mollusks created while the wood was within the water. The wood base is wrapped with a rusted metal strip and rivets. 

Brass propeller on classic wood boat style base

$575.00

This unique piece features a riveted brass trimmed base reminiscent of classic wood boat decks, supporting a vintage brass propeller with vertical dock rope topped with Edison style light. 

Upside down pulley on salvaged dock piling wood

$575.00

Two large Edison style lights give the impression of bubbles lifting this large wooden pulley off the sea bottom. Base is recovered wood from Puget Sound dock pilings, stained and sealed in resin.

Beverage Dispenser

$295.00

Showcase your beverages with this one-of-a-kind beverage dispenser featuring brass propeller and replica boat bow. All fittings are stainless steel to protect flavor.


Accoustic Phone Speakers

Go Green! Amplify your cell phone the "green way" with unique non-electric amplifiers. Or add a little tech with built-in chargers and Bluetooth speakers. Each piece is made from antique (not replicas) phonograph horns mounted to a custom crafted soundbox. These items are one-of-a-kind and made from very rare items.

Atwater Kent Gooseneck Accoustic Phone Speaker Horn

$545.00

Vintage Atwater Kent gooseneck speaker horn on handcrafted oak base with Edison style light fixture.

1920’S L.C. SMITH BROTHERS TYPEWRITER WIRELESS PHONE CHARGER WITH accoustic

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 Brass rimmed, black lacquered wood base houses wireless mobile charger. Restored typewriter features copper strike roller with internal led lighting and two Edison style lights on top. Brass trimmed base houses sound channel to direct cell phone music out through acoustic horn speaker.

resin radio horn speaker with tone arm and record on brass rimmed base

$645.00

A handcrafted oak base mimics a vintage phonograph player and houses a slot for your cell phone. Sound is transmitted up through the vintage resin horn. The vintage needle arm and record on brass rimmed turntable finish off this conversation piece.


Wall Lighting

Bringing the past to light

BOHEMIAN WALL LIGHT

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 Unique wall light creates conversation piece for any room. Antique black lacquered iron pulley is mounted to replica stamped ceiling tile with brass tube standoff. Two vintage telegraph pole insulators are suspended from the pulley with twisted rope cord. Edison style led light bulbs complete the one-of-a-kind wall art piece. 



smooth - clarinet on stamped cieling tiles

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One of a kind, clarinet is mounted with standoffs to a backing of stamped ceiling tiles and edge -lit with a ring of LEDs hidden in the metal frame. The piece is capped off with a custom light bulb that spells out the word, SMOOTH.



PULLEY WALL LIGHT

$325.00

A vintage wood pully is mounted to corrugated siding with a suspended green porcelain shade. Rope cording runs from the lamp around the pulley and is secured to a weathered dock cleat.  A rotary switch is located on the front of the siding just beneath the cleat. Weight 10# Height 22", Width 13", Depth 16"


Hanging Lights

Bringing the past to light

Rustic Horse Evener

$675.00

Definitely a one-of-a-kind hanging light crafted from a weathered horse evener. This fixture is perfect for over a pool table, dining table, bar, or kitchen island. The horse even is suspended from a vintage pulley with 1 inch rope, and three vintage green porcelain light shades with Edison style bulbs provide warm lighting to the area below.

Black Pulley Light

$375

 The black vintage pulley features silver highlighting on the metal portion and ebony stained wood. The one-inch rope is hand dyed black to create a truly unique light. This is the only pulley light I make with dyed rope. If you would like one, let me know and I can create one for you. 



Pulley Lights

$375.00

Pulley lights may just be our most popular creation next to the acoustic cell phone speakers. Each one is unique and what I make depends on what I find in my travels picking antique and vintage objects. Some pulleys are wood, others are metal, and they come in all sizes. I typically sell out at the art fairs so my inventory in always changing. If you are interested in a pulley light, please contact me and I can email photos of my current inventory. 


Reimagined Fans

All fans have been completely deconstructed and rewired with fun new features.

Fan Light With Rotating Blades

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This vintage Western Electric fan is now a functional art piece and light. The shining brass blades rotate at a safe speed for interest, not meant to be for cooling. The Edison style bulb mounted to the back of the stand provides light and style.

Fan Light with rotating Brass Blades and Edison Style bulbs

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This vintage General Electric fan has been completely disassembled and restored. Four Edison style bulbs rotate along with the polished brass fan blades that rotate with the flip of a switch. Two separate switches control the light illumination and fan rotation. 

Diehl Fan Light with rotating brass blades.

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This vintage Diehl fan has been completely disassembled and restored and the fan motor replaced with slow rotation motor. A caged Edison style bulb tops off this unique lamp. Two separate switches control the light and the rotation. 


Mid Century Modern

Back to the 40's and 50's

General electric Vertical Mixer

$235.00

A rare 1940's era General Electric Vertical Mixer, Model #149M8 has been rewired with lights where the mixing paddles once connected. To complete the vintage charm, the 48" electrical cord is cloth wrapped. Bowl is included. This mixer is 10"  x 14"  x 15"  and wieghs just over 10 pounds.  

Hamilton Beach Mixer

$235.00

This is a 1940's era Hamilton Beach Model G Mixer that now serves as an accent lamp. The new cloth wrapped electrical cord has a built in on/off toggle switch to control the light bulbs that are wired into the former mixing paddle sockets.  This mixer is 8" x  14.5"  x 14" and 11.8 pounds. 


1933 McGraw Electric Single Slice Toaster

Unique single slice vintage toaster with custom molded resin toast piece that is lit from inside the toaster to give off an amber glow and edge lighting effect. Perfect night-light for the retro-look kitchen.


Pneumatic drill 'Ray Gun'

This 1950's era pneumatic drill has been converted into a sci-fi night light. 

Turner microphone

"Clean-up on aisle 3"  Turner pager system microphone is now a desk accent light.  This microphone has been cleaned but the original patina remains. The electronics have been removed and replaced with a warm light in the microphone receiver.  


Automotive

Vintage Automotive

Jack Lamp

This vintage cast iron screw jack is mounted on a diamond plate iron based and shows off its original weathered black paint. The handle is new but has been distressed. Height 14", Width 10", and Depth 5"

Jack Lamp

Vintage No. 37 Reliable

Antique Cast Iron Flip-Top Car Jack

Original weathered red paint

Mounted on wood base

Twisted cloth cord

Rotary switch in cord

Dimensions W9, D6, H17

Weight 13.5#

jack Lamp

This lamp is made from a Reliable No. 37 antique cast iron flip-top car jack. Mounted to a wood base, the twisted cloth electrical cord (with rotary switch) completes the vintage charm of this piece. Weight 13.5 pounds. H 17"x W 9" x D 6"


Uniquely Our own

We have combined vintage elements into all our functional art.

Gear & Steam Engine Oiler Lamp

$450.00

This tabletop light features an antique gear and brass and glass steam engine oiler. The pipe structure is mounted on a black laquer and resin coated wood base. A rotary on/off switch is on the base. This is a very large and heavy statement piece. Dimensions are Height 23", Depth 12" & Width 14". 

Industrial Electric Light

$775.00

For the fan of vintage industrial and electrical hardware!  This is a rare 1902 Westinghouse Electric Synchronoscope, Style S48580, Serial# 47. The synchronoscope is mounted to a weathered iron disc and attached to a vintage wood foundry mold base. The meter is back lit with yellow led lights and the meter face is also lit with yellow LED lighting. Wieghing in at over 18 pounds this is a solid piece.



Rheostat Power Light

$785.00

This piece brings together Minnesota history and vintage industrial style. A vintage Cuttler Hammer Rheostat from the city of Duluth, MN newspaper print room is the featured element. Mounted on a vintage wood cast base and aged metal backing  really help showcase this unique item. An illuminated vintage factory light sits on top and the gauge is backlit and internally lit with yellow LED lighting.

Height 31", Depth & Width 13"

Weight 37.5 Pounds

VINTAGE HAY TROLLEY TABLE LAMP

 A beautifully restored vintage hay trolley is mounted on stained and resin coated wormwood base. Thick rope threads through the pulley and up to two Edison style light bulbs. 

VINTAGE SPEAKER LAMP

$795.00

 Unique and beautiful! The Atwater speaker has been converted into a tabletop light featuring three rotating Edison style lights within the body of the speaker. 

Candlestick TELEPHONE DESK LIGHT

 Vintage telephone with LED spotlight embedded in receiver. Perfect desk accent light. Rigid receiver cord gives allusion of ghost holding the receiver.

Steampunk Buzzer Game

$600.00

Vintage radio converted into a unique steampunk dexterity game. Perfect for game time. Challenge yourself and friends to move the metal wand from one end to the other without touching the curved wire. Touching the wire sets off siren and lights the vintage glass insulator.

Where To Find Industrial Steamworks Art

In addition to participating in art fairs throughout the summer months, we are located in select galleries in the Northrup King Building (NKB) in the thriving NE Minneapolis Arts District. 

1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis MN 5541

Gallery Equus, Studio 222

Gallery Aurora, Studio 179 


Each Saturday

Gallery Equus Gallery Aurora

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4pm

Minneapolis, MN

Each Saturday

Gallery Equus Gallery Aurora

12pm

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4pm

Minneapolis, MN

May 16-18

Art - A - Whirl

Friday 5pm - 10pm Saturday 12pm - 8pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Event Details

May 16-18

Art - A - Whirl

Gallery Equus, Studio 222

Gallery Aurora, Studio 179

Northrup King Building

1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis MN

Friday 5pm - 10pm Saturday 12pm - 8pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm

June 6-8

Edina Art Fair

50th & France, Edina, MN.

Event Details

June 6-8

Edina Art Fair

Fantastic large art fair at 50th and France in Edina, MN.

50th & France, Edina, MN.

June 14-15

Stone Arch Bridge Art Fair

Minneapolis, MN.

Event Details

June 14-15

Stone Arch Bridge Art Fair

Stone Arch is always a great show on the banks of the Mississippi River. Music, food, scenic views, and an awesome selection of art.

Minneapolis, MN.

June 21-22

Wayzata Art Fair

Minneapolis, MN.

Event Details

June 21-22

Wayzata Art Fair

On the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata MN. this fair is always fun and features a wide variety of art, music, and food. 

Minneapolis, MN.

More Events

August 2-4

SoMi Art Fair

Bachmann's Floral, Minneapolis, MN.

Event Details

August 2-4

SoMi Art Fair

Formerly known as the Uptown Art Fair, this great fair is now the SoMi, or South Minneapolis, Art Fair located at Bachman's on Lyndale Avenu...

Event Details

Bachmann's Floral, Minneapolis, MN.

September 7 - 8

Edina Fall into the Arts

Centennial Lakes, Edina, MN.

Event Details

September 7 - 8

Edina Fall into the Arts

Perfect weather and a great weekend. 

Centennial Lakes, Edina, MN.

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