This evening we are delighted to introduce Keith Newstead’s teenage daughter Dora, who has become an enthusiastic automata maker. The one-off ‘Fallen Angel’ has a steampunk style, and a great movement. The piece is 40 cm (16 inches high) – Sold. Dora sold her first piece of automata ‘Torture with Wings’, a fabulous surrealist work, […]
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Night 22 – The Devil Rides Out by Keith Newstead
This evening we have a new piece by Keith Newstead. Over 160 hours went into the making of this devilish new one-off design. You can more about the construction of the piece on Keith’s website here. Keith has used a combination of found objects and hand made parts in this fearsome steampunk style vehicle. The […]
Simon Tait’s Mews No.17
More on the immortal Mrs Jackson I’ve been reminded that I never finished the Sue story, which seems to suggest that there will ever be an end to the odyssey of the immortal Mrs J, CMT founder and queen of us all. Where did I leave it last time? I was going to tell you […]
Night 21 – Visit our new Book Store
This evening we are launching our Amazon Bookstore as part of our Books page, which gives us a great opportunity to show you some books which you may not have come across. There is the four volume set, Ingenious Mechanisms, which can be found on most serious automata makers bookshelves, and a whole host of […]
Night 20 – Heavy Hooves by Pascale Michalski
This evening we have a new one-off piece from young artist Pascale Michalski. As is usual with Pascale’s work, this piece started life as a watercolour drawing. ‘Dondy always wanted to be a pianist, but unfortunately he was born with trumpet-arms and heavy hooves’. Made from wood, ceramic compound, brass, crystal beads, silk and paint. Dimensions: H […]