Paul Spooner has stayed up late again… and made four of these intriguing pieces. Unusually the mechanism is not viewable, so guesswork is required. Action. On turning the handle, the…
We have one only of these beautiful pieces – the perfect last minute gift, (maybe for yourself!) This androgynous piece was originally a one-off by Paul Spooner which graced the…
Here’s some entertainment for Saturday night. Michael and Maria Start of Automatomania (pictured with lifesize automaton Nancy) have produced this playful introduction to antique Magic Automata especially for us. Watch…
These two wonderful antique automata dogs are looking for good homes (and not just for Christmas!). Dachshund Automaton DogHis name is “Roman” and he is a life sized papier mache…
Sometimes there is nothing more exciting than looking at different ways making mechanical movement. Look no further than this wonderful website, kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/ The Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library, (KMODDL…
Cera Cera have been producing fantastic downloadable automata kits for many years. These make brilliant gifts at 3.90USD per download. You just need to download and print them out onto…
You now have just over 2 weeks to perfect a few clever tricks to entertain everyone this Christmas Holiday. Tim Hunkin’s website – hunkinsexperiments.com – Hunkin’s Experiments is full of…
The CMT Calendar We have created a Calendar for 2010 featuring some of our best-loved automata and images of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Covent Garden, London. It is available to…
Fi Henshall has had great fun with this latest one- off piece. The naked lady has turned Magician’s assistant, and is now getting her own back! The Magician’s eyes literally…
