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Day 6 – The Bunny Girl

The Magic of Cabaret Day 6John Lumbus created this Bunny Girl automata in 1998 and made a total of 30 during the following year.

The piece has a wonderful mechanism, turn the handle and the ears move, breast spins and carrot vibrates!

The text reads –

The Bunny Girl
Jane could barely hide her excitement at discovering the world’s first vibrating carrot.

We have one only available for sale, a real collector’s item.
This piece is number 27 and is dated June 1999.

Bunny Girl by John Lumbus The Bunny Girl – £1300 (ex VAT)
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Height 24cm

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre takes it’s name from the film ‘Cabaret’, so it has always been fun to have automata which take on the burlesque style. Sue Jackson’s original shop in Falmouth was filled with wonderful unique craft pieces which evoked the colour and excitement of the film. This early window display from 1979, before automata really took a stronghold, features the work of textile artist Maggie Saxby.

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(on November 17, 2009 by Sarah) 1 Comment

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  1. David Gerrie says

    August 5, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    Hello

    I was trying to trace any other fabric pictures by Magie Saxby that may be for sale as I purchased the piece named ‘Banannas’ back in the late 1970’s that I notice appears in the window display of Cabaret on your web page. It is the picture that has the hand holding the bananna up to the pair of red lips. It always has been a unique talking point and ice breaker with my visitors and friends and I was wondering if Magie is still creating these wonderful pieces of 3D art.

    Regards

    David Gerrie

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