Night 26 – Kinetic Horse by James Watt

This evening we bring you a wonderful kit to make your own motorised paper model. James Watt has designed this beautiful model, which reminds us of Theo Jansens fantastic Strandbeests.

The instructions for the Kinetic Horse are supplied on a CD, and can be printed out at home. There are different finish options for the horse, you can use James’ MarbleHorse, or the white horse, or create your own skin. The motor and other fixings are also included in the kit. The kit can be either battery or solar powered

Order directly from James at ClockworkRobot. £15.95 for a Solar Powered Horse, or £9.95 for a Battery operated Horse. http://www.clockworkrobot.com/horse/index.htm

You can also download a FREE working model of a Wind Turbine.

Night 25 – Party Popper by Martin Smith

The Party Popper Machine by Martin Smith continues his theme of devices of celebration for Laikingland. In homage to the humble plastic party toy and to follow his interest in loud bangs, Smith has developed a nonsense machine that elaborately assists you in the firing of party poppers.

First shown in April 2010 at Ventura Lambrate, Milan, the Laikingland product that got the most attention was next seen in the Post Milan selection show at the Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam and then shown at London Design Festival in September 2010.

Available in an edition of only 10 pieces in each colour, all handmade by the artist himself.

Night 24 – Fallen Angel by Dora Newstead-Bunce

This evening we are delighted to introduce Keith Newstead’s teenage daughter Dora, who has become an enthusiastic automata maker. The one-off ‘Fallen Angel’ has a steampunk style, and a great movement.

The piece is 40 cm (16 inches high)

£175 (excl. VAT)

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Dora sold her first piece of automata ‘Torture with Wings’, a fabulous surrealist work, earlier this year.

Night 23 – The Scary Dolls Hospital Download by Paul Spooner

This evening we have a 3 page download from Paul Spooner which describes how he came up with the idea for his piece, The Scary Doll’s Hospital (2004).

Paul’s description is in the form of a cartoon strip, which details exactly how the piece was put together, and some of the happy accidents along the way that make the piece work.

Free PDF Download – 4.6 Mb

Night 22 – The Devil Rides Out by Keith Newstead

This evening we have a new piece by Keith Newstead. Over 160 hours went into the making of this devilish new one-off design. You can read all about the construction of the piece on Keith’s blog here.
Keith has used a combination of found objects and hand made parts in this fearsome steampunk style vehicle. The heat is on as the leather-clad devil rides out, his fearsome dogs clambering along at the side of the wheels.

Height 50 cm
Width 43 cm
Depth 23 cm

£3525 (excl. VAT)

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