The Falmouth Art Gallery are celebrating the 80th Birthday (a few years early!) of ‘the father of the Falmouth automata makers’ Peter Markey. The exhibition ‘Markey and Friends’, will also feature the paintings of Peter’s son and artist Danny, as well as plenty of automata from Peter. Opens 22nd September 2007. Peter’s ‘Kissing Couple’ paper […]
Mechanics Alive!! opens in Thailand
Now on the last leg of it’s Far East tour, our Mechanics Alive!! exhibition was officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Siriwanwaree Nareeratana of Thailand on July 26th at the Thailand Creative and Design Center in Bangkok. The Princess was enthralled by the exhibits, and also tried out the designing automata kit in the […]
USA Touring Exhibit in Kansas
This Saturday, 19th May, sees the opening of our USA touring exhibit at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas. A great place for a day out this summer, this fascinating place also has a collection of Animatronics and robotic humans including a Hindu snake charmer. The CMT exhibition closes 22nd August.
BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
Listen to this morning’s Woman’s Hour broadcast again. Three generations of women were interviewed – Sue Jackson, myself and my daughter Max. Also there is a great video of the opening event at Kinetica, which really captures the spirit of the exhibition (which has now been extended by popular demand to 7th May). See ya […]
I Remember Gundestrup
Paul Spooner’s latest piece, ‘I Remember Gundestrup’ is currently on show at our exhibition at Kinetica. The two figures slowly move around in the vessel of blood-red Janus heads. For those who can’t visit, the caption reads: ‘This is not as bad as it looks: customs change in Denmark as they do all over most […]