We will be opening our Mechanical Making Space in Hastings on 3 Saturdays before Christmas. Visit us to see automata, including the magnificent Gormenghast Castle, purchase kits, books & merchandise and…
Roll up! Roll up! It’s showtime! Hove Museum of Creativity proudly presents ten circus-themed automata from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. The push of a button brings the performers to life in…
We are delighted to have this magnificent automata made by Keith Newstead at our venue in Hastings. It is based on the Gormenghast trilogy of books by Mervyn Peake and…
We are delighted to announce AutomataFest, a brand new event for 2025. A three-day opportunity for makers, collectors, enthusiasts, and the simply curious, to experience the vibrant UK automata scene,…
The automata collection of Patrick Rylands, a renowned British toy designer, is coming up for auction on August 29th. Most of the pieces were bought from CMT in Covent Garden. Included is The…
Click the image above to open a 360-degree tour – this is a small part of our current exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, UK. It runs until…
Please join us for an informal meet the artist event with Carlos Zapata.This will be a chance to chat to Carlos and some of team CMT. We will have Carlos’s…
Earlier this year we ran 7 automata workshops with 240 Year 4 & 5 primary school children from St Leonards on Sea & Battle. They produced a fantastic amount of…
We recently welcomed Martin Edwards of Automata Magazine to our Mechanical Making Space in Hastings. You can read the article here (full text below) and in the May-June 2024 edition.…
