You now have just over 2 weeks to perfect a few clever tricks to entertain everyone this Christmas Holiday. Tim Hunkin’s website – http://hunkinsexperiments.com/ – Hunkin’s Experiments is full of wonderful ideas, here are a couple to try out:- (The book is now sold out, but you may be able to get one second-hand). Visitors […]
Archives for 2009
Day 24 – CMT Calendar
The CMT Calendar We have created a Calendar for 2010 featuring some of our best-loved automata and images of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Covent Garden, London. It is available to purchase from www.lulu.com, and if you order now you should receive it in time for Christmas. You can preview the Calendar here It costs £15.99.
Day 23 – The Revenge of the Beautiful Assistant
Fi Henshall has had great fun with this latest one- off piece. The naked lady has turned Magician’s assistant, and is now getting her own back! The Magician’s eyes literally pop out of his head, and his leg moves in worried anticipation that the trick will go wrong. The elaborate mechanism, including weights and pulleys, […]
Day 22 – Spooner's Moving Animals
Spooner’s Moving Animals and The Museum of the Mind These two cardboard cut out books by Paul Spooner were first published in 1986 and 1992 respectively and have both been out of print for many years. However they are often available on Amazon, and other secondhand book sites, and make fantastic presents for the would-be […]
Day 21 – Free CMT Cartoon History
Free CMT Cartoon History (1979-1984) by Ron Fuller As you may have read in Simon Tait’s recent mews, at the age of 15 Sue Jackson found herself at Falmouth Art School with Ron Fuller. Sue caught up again with Ron years later when he was making wooden toys, and she was opening a new crafts […]