A new one-off piece from Fi Henshall, the green spikey haired Harpy hovers over the tin town below. Fi is creating these new pieces as she works on designs for a large exhibition piece with urban tin landscape, (we can’t wait!). The Harpy of West Street £695 (excl. VAT) Sold
Archives for 2010
The Tax Man – An Unbuilt Machine
In 1984 Paul Spooner designed an elaborate machine which was to have been on display in a shopping centre in York. (This was four years before the Ride of Life). The machine, called the Tax Inspector, was to be ‘an automatic window display to cheer up the passers-by’. It was to have six scenes dealing […]
Simon Tait’s Mews No.10
Keith incorporated It’s Keith’s birthday so he goes to the computer centre to sort out a programme, pops in to the overall shop for a new pair, answers the phone to me- the things you have to do which you like doing but don’t usually have to time for. Thing about Keith Newstead is that […]
‘Sad Frog’ by Keith Newstead
Keith Newstead has started making wonderful automata from the flotsam which arrives regularly at his local beach in Cornwall. The contents of containers lost at sea sometimes contain large amounts of the same, often colourful cargo, (lighters or legos). This piece is called ‘Sad Frog’ and is a one-off design. Height 24cm. £295. SOLD
Sketchbook Moment No. 43
The Garden of Mechanical Knowledge. Converting (A) rotary motion into (B) linear motion. Click image to enlarge.