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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I was recently at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The Amazing Machines Gallery has some of the best examples of basic mechanics that I have seen. You can experiment with…
Our USA touring exhibition opened at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry earlier this month. This Paul Spooner piece, ‘Hungry for Love’ from the Fourteen Ball Toy collection is…
A one off piece from Carlos Zapata. The ‘Collector’ is admiring his latest acquistion the little figure does sit-ups in the palm of the collector’s hand. This piece from 2005…
We have a couple of new works from Paul Spooner as he warms up for his Virtual Exhibiton later this year. The first is ‘Nude with Concertina’ (pictured), an ingenious…
Kinetica have a new exhibition featuring 10 UK and International artists who are experimenting with evolution, hybridisation and the infiltration of technology. The artworks vivify inanimate materials with energatic vitality…
Over the past 10 years we have worked regularly with Mike Petrich and Karen Wilkinson from the Exploratorium, in San Francisco. Mike and Karen have enormous energy, and a unique…
To celebrate our new website we have commissioned a new edition (only 2!) of a couple of old favourite from the Fourteen Balls Toy Company. Firstly, the Goat in the…
This drawing is based on an exhibit, The Circus, Paul Spooner made for The Modern Automata Museum in Italy. Paul says, “As you can see, there were to be several…
