Thomas Willeford

In 1988, Willeford became interested in steampunk and began working on pieces that combined his love of engineering and art.

[7] He created the steampunk arm worn by Nathan Fillion in episode 3.4 of the television series Castle.

[6][8] His work has been displayed at the University of Oxford's Museum of the History of Science,[9] at the Steampunk Bizarre Experiment,[10] the Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery,[11] at Nemo's Steampunk Art & Invention Gallery[2] and at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation,[4][12] and has been featured in Popular Mechanics.

[13] He is a contributor to Bruce Boxleitner's Lantern City[4] and was a judge on Game Show Network's Steampunk'd.

[14] Willeford was a guest curator for the Steampunk U exhibit at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania.