January 7th 2011

7 Jan

This is a photograph of my automata. I have been collecting them for years from places such as the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and Dansel Gallery in Dorset. They are made of wood and move in an amusing way when a handle is turned, I love them and would love to have more – but they are expensive because of the amazing imagination and craftsmanship which goes into each one.

Tags: automata, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

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Categories Dorset, Hobbies, Photography

8 Responses to “January 7th 2011”

Jane McKell January 7, 2011 at 11:23 pm #

love these x

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- Diane January 8, 2011 at 4:21 am #
  
  So do I
  
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TeresaR January 8, 2011 at 12:52 am #

Those are so cool! I love tiny things (doll-house type stuff), especially when they have moving parts.

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- Diane January 8, 2011 at 4:21 am #
  
  They are so funny too, wish I could show you them working….
  
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  - TeresaR January 9, 2011 at 7:00 pm #
    
    Post a video on FB!!
    
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    - Diane January 9, 2011 at 11:30 pm #
      
      Could even do that…Might need some help though. Hmmm…got me thinking now
      
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Daddy Papersurfer January 8, 2011 at 7:45 am #

As I think I might have mentioned before I used to make these with kids when I did a stint teaching design technology …. great fun

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- Diane January 9, 2011 at 7:03 pm #
  
  Ooh, make me one when you have a spare 5 minutes….
  
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