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…
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…
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…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No. 17 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…