Via Jake at the Steampunk Workshop: A guy named Jonathan built this cool wood-inlaid monitor.
I’m a computer engineer and cut marquetry part time so i decided to combine the two and fashion a monitor of my own. It’s seemingly a lot more difficult to get good quality brassware here in England than it is in the states so i made it all in wood, veneered in burr walnut and inlaid with yew wood marquetry and box wood stringing, finished with brass handles and finials. I know its not quite typicaly steampunk but it is a faithfull (ish) reproduction of a Victorian toilet mirror, complete with drawers and as i have never seen one done quite like this I thought it worth sharing.
This one was a bit of a prototype, made with an old Dell E156FPc (I think) from the workshop, but I’m going to be making another one using a 20″ Samsung with more elaborate woods and inlay, I have a real humdinger planned.
WOW, now this is nice! Add a reflective screen to it (like those on cellphones) and you have the mirror you want without electricity… (or use a camera). At least with the reflective surface when the monitor is black or off you’d have a real mirror and less of an “office” setup… even if you only see an LCD.
Think of the Halloween possibilities too… (sitting in front of the “mirror” brushing your hair or whatever and out pops a ghost in the reflection. oooooh, creepy. Or for guests.
LOVE IT!