Steampunk art has its origins in the Victorian era. Steampunk is a style of fiction having to do with a semi-fictional world where old machinery from the Victorian 19th century is still being used. Technologies that were new or important to the Victorians, such as steam power, clockwork or electricity, are big themes in steampunk. This design incorporates the nuts, bolts and gears representing steampunk. All of the embellishments were added on upon completion of the hooked gears and background of the rug. Biography Ingrid Hieronimus is the owner/operator of Ragg Tyme Studio in Mannheim (Kitchener), Ontario, Canada. She is an Ontario Hooking Craft Guild certified teacher, a certified McGown teacher, has her certificate in Fibre Arts – Traditional Rug Hooking from St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Ontario, and is an Oxford Punch Needle Rug Hooking certified teacher. She has been hooking for 40 years and teaching and dyeing professionally for 30 years. Ingrid has been featured in Celebrations Rug Hooking and is internationally known for her teaching, dyeing and rug hooking. She has authored 4 books on rug hooking dyeing and creative stitches and runs the Ragg Tyme School of Rug Hooking, which is held in May in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.