2024 Author Guest of Honor: Anthony Francis

By day, Anthony Francis creates intelligent machines and emotional robots; by night, he writes science fiction and draws comic books. Anthony wrote the award-winning urban fantasy Frost Moon and its sequels Blood Rock and Liquid Fire, all starring magical tattoo artist Dakota Frost. His steampunk includes Jeremiah Willstone and the Clockwork Time Machine and stories …

2024 Musical Guest of Honor:  Frenchy and the Punk

Through their unmistakable blend of influences ranging from post-punk and dark folk to new wave and goth, Frenchy and the Punk have forged their own distinct path since 2005, touring across the US and Europe with their artful two-person powerhouse of sound. Drawing inspiration from post-punk legends like The Cure, the upbeat energy and percussive …

2024 Musical Guest: Unwoman

Unwoman (Erica Mulkey) is a solo cellist-singer-songwriter-producer based in the East Bay. She has performed all over the US at steampunk, goth, horror, and sci-fi events, including every year at Clockwork Alchemy. Her performances involve stand-up five-string electric cello and vocals, with live looping. Unwoman has released fifteen self-produced albums and run numerous successful Kickstarter …

2024 Maker Guests of Honor: Charles Mason & Buck Potter

Charles Mason Hello everyone my name is Charles Edward Mason II, 45 , I’m originally from Canoga Park CA where I got my opportunity to started my love for special effects. I had the pleasure of working on cool projects like tv and films. Doing this off and on for about ten years until another …

2024 Fashion Guest of Honor: Katherine Becvar

Katherine earned a Bachelor’s in Costume and Textile Design from UC Davis in 2002 and probably learned as much from her part-time job in the Theatre Department’s Costume Shop as she did in her ‘official’ design classes in dyework, pattern making, and costume and textile history. She started Blue Moon Designs as a custom costuming …

Thank You from the Chair

Wow, where to begin? First off, thank you to the diligent staff of volunteers that worked to make our inaugural year at the San Mateo Marriott a success. These folks work year-round to develop programming and curate it into the fun-filled weekend that is Clockwork Alchemy. Their ability to adapt to new challenges in the …

Tea Dueling

As it’s popularity and flamboyancy grows across the land, you may have heard ofsomething called “Tea Duelling”, and have been intrigued. The Temporal Entourage ofthe Western Territorial Frontier Tea Duelling Association has dispatched their “TeaWitches” out to the wilds of California, to share this elegant sport as a more civilizedway to handle heated discussions. After …

Tea Scouts

The Tea Scout Mission The Tea Scouts are a group of Steampunks who want to provide a positive community for like-mindedadventurers to have fun, inspire creativity, foster philanthropy and, of course, drink tea! Tea Scout Levels, Quests, and Achievement Badges Achievement badges are earned by completing fun quests and participating events. There are severaloptions for …