Ron Fuller (a.k.a. The Village Toymaker) always makes a few ‘Stocking Fullers’ each Christmas. This AutoStirrer is one of our favourites. “Be one up on your office pals, see the…
Automata Maker and illustrator Sophie Naylor takes inspiration from British culture, historical inventions, gadgetry, contraptions, and nostalgic eras. She likes to depict ‘Britishness’ in an eccentric, quirky, humorous context. This…
Karakuri: How to Make Mechanical Paper Models That Move by Keisuke Saka is now available. Keisuke Saka is one of Japan’s most honoured paper engineers. His beautiful designs are thoughtful…
This evening we have a new piece by Keith Newstead, a re-working of the classic piece, ‘Love is Blind’. This lovely cut brass Cupid has a removable blindfold, and has…
Contraption maker extraordinaire Rob Higgs has built a chain reaction machine for the Kneehigh Theatre’s production of Hansel and Gretel at the Southbank Centre, London. Performances are 16th December to…
Carlos Zapata has been exploring the idea of Carnival further. He is making a series of small figures inspired by the colourful costumes and characters found in a typical South…
There is a year to go until the official launch of the latest Martin Scorsese movie, ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ (edit: renamed as just Hugo). This is the first…
This evening we have another of Fi Henshall’s lovely pieces. This is a one-off piece, a beautiful bird is getting ready to go to a party. She has the difficult…
The Party Popper Machine by Martin Smith continues his theme of devices of celebration for Laikingland. In homage to the humble plastic party toy and to follow his interest in…
