John Lumbus created this Bunny Girl automata in 1998 and made a total of 30 during the following year. The piece has a wonderful mechanism, turn the handle and the ears move, breast spins and carrot vibrates! The text reads – The Bunny Girl Jane could barely hide her excitement at discovering the world’s first […]
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Day 5 – Decoy
This evening we are pleased to present this lovely piece by Japanese automata maker Kazu Harada called ‘Decoy’. The piece is beautifully carved, a sculpture which would grace any room. Turn the handle for a surprise, the duck lays an egg, which then disappears. Decoy £495 (ex VAT) Width 14cm Height 17cm Depth 8cm SOLD […]
Day 4 – Tempus Fugit
This evening we bring you ‘Tempus Fugit’ a mechanical tableau by Simon Venus. A very decorative piece, which comes to life at the turn of the handle. Simon made this piece originally as a gift for Paul Spooner on the occasion of his 60th birthday. There are three pieces available in this small edition. Tempus […]
Day 3 Sand Toys
‘The Musicians of Bremen’ is a sand operated mechanical paper kit by German paper artist Walter Ruffler. Based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, in which a donkey, a dog, a cat and a cockerel decide to become musicians in the North German town of Bremen. Here we see the donkey tirelessly at […]
Day 2 – Fingers
As the second night falls on Friday 13th…. we are bringing you something slightly unnerving. The artist Nik Ramage has teamed up with Laikingland to produce a very special limited edition of his “Fingers” kinetic sculpture. This piece is an eternally tapping copy of the artist’s own hand. At the flick of a switch the […]
Day 1 – Goat Kicking Bucket
Welcome to the ‘Magic of Cabaret’! There will be new delights at 6pm (GMT) for the next 40 evenings until 21st December. The first evening gives us a chance to look back 21 years to the very first CMT News from February 1988. This was the point when we began offering a mail order service […]
Automatas – Teatro Mecanico
The 2nd of our series of automata exhibitions at El Parque de las Ciencias in Granada was opened on Friday evening by their president Mar Mareno, she is seen here with the museum director Ernesto Paramo. “Autómatas. Teatro Mecánico” This year’s exhibition includes a new presentation of 8 works by Carlos Zapata – entitled, ‘Theatre […]
Simon Tait's Mews No.5
Jungle drums, cogs and sprockets There’s a lovely little volume called the London Jungle Book by a Gond artist called Bhajju Shyam, all about his trip to London (to decorate an Islington Indian restaurant).
CMT in Dortmund
There was great excitement in Dortmund, Germany with the opening of our touring exhibition at DASA yesterday. Hundreds of people arrived around 11 a.m., and were treated to the sounds of steel drums before entering through the Drifting Apart sliding doors into the exhibition hall. Walter Ruffler and Falk Keuten were guests of honour and […]
Simon Tait's Mews No.4
Viva Carlos! It happens. Struggling artist in a strange country just about making ends meet working in a warehouse by day and painting by night pictures that he can occasionally sell, gets a creative block. Can’t paint any more. Disaster. Body and soul threatening to fall apart. Loyal and loving wife goes to London, to […]