While most animated machines we deal with every day – everything from clocks to cars to computers – are made of metal, there is an art to creating automated objects out of wood. [Dug North] is a ...

Woodworking has always been fascinating to me. Just think of all the hard work that goes into creating perfect wooden objects. I’m especially intrigued when the objects are super tiny. It takes an ...

Lisa Slater’s automata pieces combine her eye for the unusual and the humorous with her love of handcrafting wood at her Hebden Bridge workshop. She talks to Stephanie Smith. Pictures by Bruce ...

We love the artistry of paper mechanisms. Simple tools and techniques creating humor, beauty, and amazement. [Federico Tobon] from [Wolfcat Workshop] makes amazing automata, crosses between cut paper ...