About yomi

London-based Transmedia Producer.

Amazing Steampunk Video Featuring League of Steam

Posted on January 29, 2015 by yomi

Amazing Steampunk-themed video, featuring our friends the League of Steam!!!

Tick Tock IPA #2: Download Is Here!

Posted on November 20, 2014 by yomi

It’s time – Clockwork Watch’s latest chapter in its grand steampunk adventure has launched on Comixology: Tick Tock IPA #2.

Download it now and read it wherever you go before everyone else… the clock is ticking…

Comixology Launch

Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner…

Posted on November 18, 2014 by yomi

Just like Victorian drama’s such as Ripper St, Holmes, etc, a fair bit of Clockwork Watch is set in and around London. One of the aims of this project is to highlight and hopefully celebrate a heritage that is gradually being forgotten, abandoned, or bulldozed to make way for a upmarket housing developments.

Tick Tock IPA is mainly located around the East End of the city, and has references to landmarks that still exist. One such place is the legendary drinking hole The George Tavern, which was established in 1623.

It’s a place that has seen centuries of trends, fads, and scenes, but what is it doing in the Steampunk universe of Clockwork Watch?

The George Tavern

Tick Tock IPA #2 Launch + Free Limited Edition Newspaper!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by yomi

Tick Tock IPA #2

We are proud to announce the launch of our new book, Clockwork Watch: Tick Tock IPA #2.

The first 40 copies come with a free limited/numbered edition copy of The London Gazette, our fictional newspaper that was central to the immersive experience theatrical, staged at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, last week.

The book, a continuation of Tick Tock story, follows Ervin the sentient Clockwork on his journey of discovery.

Ervin Worried

“A Clockwork automaton falls into a brewery’s fermentation tank, and gains sentience. Exactly the opposite of what would happen to a human being. He finds himself in a world sick to the core, searching for a miracle. Could he be the answer? Is he ready for such responsibility? And why isn’t anyone asking him what he wants?”

Chan on warpath

All copies are available from our online shop, and will be on Comixology for digital download in the next few weeks.

Story: Yomi Ayeni
Editor: Corey Brotherson
Illustration: Jennie Gyllblad
Lettering: Mick Stock
Cover Art: Fabio Duarte Martins

That Was The Night That Was… London Gazette – Free!!!

Posted on November 14, 2014 by yomi

London Gazette Vendor

Thanks to everyone who made it to The Tinku Diaries, last night at the Royal Museums Greenwich, where Clockwork Watch hosted a first from within our storyworld – the physical publication of our fictional newspaper – the London Gazette, and hidden snippets about Tinku’s private life in the UK, which just happens to be the launch for our next graphic novel, Tick Tock IPA #2.

The limited edition newspaper featured stories by the Museum, contributors, and the public.

Performances were by Mayowa Coker, Phillip Whiteman, Suna Dasi, and Ziazan.

Thanks to Katherine McAlpine, Richard Dunn, Heloise Finch-Boyer, and all the team at the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Want to know what’s happening in the Clockwork Watch world? Download your copy of The London Gazette!!

Pic Credit: Royal Museums Greenwich

The London Gazette – Exclusive At Clocking Off Late

Posted on November 13, 2014 by yomi

An exclusive treat for those coming to “The Tinku Diaries” this evening – our Steampunk newspaper, The London Gazette, in print form.

The London Gazette

Clocking Off Late Presents: The Tinku Diaries

Posted on October 27, 2014 by yomi

The Tinku Diaries

The Tinku Diaries is an interactive journey of discovery, taking participants deeper into the ‘make believe’ Steampunk world of Clockwork Watch, a story told through live events, graphic novels, an online newspaper, and film.

This will be our second immersive theatrical performance hosted as part of the National Maritime Museum’s Longitude Season.

Meet Tinku, wife of eminent scientist, Chan Ranbir, the man who put ‘Great’ back into Great Britain by designing a kinetic heart to power the country’s most lucrative export – the Clockwork Servant.

Uprooted from her home in Calcutta, Tinku ‘toes the line’, and keeps up appearances on behalf of Chan and his main benefactor the East India Company. With her son, Janav, away at boarding school, Tinku is left to her own devices in a very unhappy home.

Step into the immersive world of Clockwork Watch. Hear about the ambitions of the East India Company, and search out the intimate secrets of a woman abandoned by a husband rumoured to have a God complex.

This performance features Suna Dasi as Tinku Ranbir, Phillip Whiteman as Thomas, and Ziazan as The Oracle. The Tinku Diaries is produced and directed by Yomi Ayeni.

Date: November 13 2014
Location: Traders Gallery, National Maritime Museum. Greenwich
Times: 18.30 | 19.15 | 20.00
Tickets available through the National Maritime Museum website

Update Time…

Posted on October 7, 2014 by yomi

Updating the Clockwork Watch Bible to include Clockwork Underworld, audience co-creation and Laser Lace Letters, two trips to San Diego, the Longitude Punk’d installation at the Royal Observatory, The Queen’s House Summer Fete, the Starburner Courier Service Award, the Fellowship of the Victorian Steampunk Society, three new graphic novels, our next show at the National Maritime Museum.

Seems we’ve been quite busy.

Clocking Off Late presents The Tinku Diaries

Posted on September 18, 2014 by yomi

We are proud to announce that our next immersive event will be held on November 13th, as part “Clocking Off Late“, at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

The Tinku Diaries is an interactive piece taken from Clockwork Watch.

This is a chance to get a firsthand account of the Clockwork Watch world from Tinku Ranbir, mother to the ever-questioning Janav, and wife to the stoic Chan.

Clocking Off Late – The Tinku Diaries will be staged in the Trade Gallery of the building, among the East India Company exhibit.

We are delighted to be, once again, working with Suna Dasi of Steampunk India, who will be playing the role of Tinku.

Behind The Scenes At The Summer Fete

Posted on September 17, 2014 by yomi

Thanks to all who came to the Steampunk Summer Fete, on August 3rd. It was a great event, and we hope you enjoyed the immersive story and characters that you interacted with.

Here are some of photographs from behind the scenes. Mainly our actors, and director at the tech rehearsal.