We have been entertaining and inspiring visitors & makers with our collection of automata since 1981. Now based in Hastings, UK we have exhibitions all over the world.
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This evening we bring you ‘Tempus Fugit’ a mechanical tableau by Simon Venus. A very decorative piece, which comes to life at the turn of the handle. Simon made this…
‘The Musicians of Bremen’ is a sand operated mechanical paper kit by German paper artist Walter Ruffler. Based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, in which a donkey,…
As the second night falls on Friday 13th…. we are bringing you something slightly unnerving. The artist Nik Ramage has teamed up with Laikingland to produce a very special limited…
Welcome to the ‘Magic of Cabaret’! There will be new delights at 6pm (GMT) for the next 40 evenings until 21st December. The first evening gives us a chance to…
The 2nd of our series of automata exhibitions at El Parque de las Ciencias in Granada was opened on Friday evening by their president Mar Mareno, she is seen here…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.5 There’s a lovely little volume called the London Jungle Book by a Gond artist called Bhajju Shyam, all about his trip to London (to decorate…
There was great excitement in Dortmund, Germany with the opening of our touring exhibition at DASA yesterday. Hundreds of people arrived around 11 a.m., and were treated to the sounds…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.4 It happens. Struggling artist in a strange country just about making ends meet working in a warehouse by day and painting by night pictures that…
