A new limited edition from Paul Spooner. “Another piece that exploits the attractive/repulsive effects of neodymium magnets. The handle turns a cylinder in which a magnet is inserted radially so…
Fi Henshall’s latest piece The Lab Birds features two birds with an interest in science. The intricate mechanism includes bellows, cams and linkages, which produce realistic bird tweets, and graceful…
This new exhibition of 20 exhibits from our collection is travelling to Hampshire for the run-up to Christmas this year. Many of the exhibits are by Paul Spooner, including several…
The latest automata edition from Fi Henshall features a beautiful but hungry bird, intent on devouring the book ‘Beasts’ by R C Bird. Great style and movement. This piece will…
Paul Spooner’s latest piece in his series of machines which draw forever is a homage to the famous Chess Playing Turk automaton. The New Turk is built on the standard…
Our new exhibition , The Mechanicals, produced in collaboration with Science Projects is enjoying a successful first outing at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. Visitor feedback has been very enthusiastic:…
Paul Spooner’s latest work features a complicated mechanism which draws the infinity symbol. The story of Clever Hans is pretty well known. There’s a good account on Wikipedia with valuable…
A great collectors item from Fourteen Balls Toy Company. A pair of tiny hand carved crowned royals, which vibrate lovingly on their spring mechanisms. Both pieces are number 1 of…
A new edition of Walter Ruffler’s book. The book contains 24 pages of theory and 14 construction kits. 8 of the construction kits are for individual mechanical principles, and 6…
