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When exploring sites, check for “galleries” or “portfolios”.  Also look for videos.

In most cases you can order items on-line

Many sites have links to other related sites


AUTOMATA LINKS

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

    www.cabaret.co.uk     [automata, books, cut-outs, wooden kits, videos, blog, etc.]

Automata Links

    www.kugelbahn.ch/3_link_automata.htm     [just a big page of links]

MAD Museum  (Mechanical Art & Design Museum)     [all sorts of mechanical and kinetic work]              

     www.themadmuseum.co.uk     [nice educational and historical section]

Flying Pig

    www.flying-pig.co.uk     [paper kits and cut-outs, books, visual illustration of mechanisms]

Timberkits

    www.timberkits.com     [wooden kits to assemble, or buy already assembled]

The House of Automata

    https://the house of automata.com     [classic automata]

Automata

    www.automata.co.uk/

               [a “help site” with an introduction to automata with good illustrations of mechanisms]

Automata and Mechanical Toys

     www.mechanical-toys.com   [an introduction to mechanics with two good books for sale]

DaVinci Automata  

     https://davinciautomata.wordpress.com   [a mix of history, automata and "clockwork punk"]

Automatomania

    www.automatomania.com     [passionate restorers and dealers of antique automata]

Paperpino

    www.paperpino.net     [paper kits  (some free)]

Francois Junod

    http://people.timezone.com/mdisher/decorte/junod/junodpart1.htm     [full-scale automata]

Richard Garriott's Collection    [very large collection but not labeled]

    https://richardgarriott.com/collections/automata


Many makers no longer maintain websites, preferring to use Facebook


BRITISH MAKERS

Tim Hunkin

    www.novelty-automata.com

Matt Smith

     www.fourteenballstoy.co.uk

Carlos Zapata

     www.carloszapataautomata.co.uk          

Philip Lowndes

    www.lobot.co.uk

Wanda Sowry

     www.wandasowry.com

Jan Zalud

     www.janzalud.co.uk

Robert Race

     www.robertrace.co.uk

AMERICAN MAKERS

Dug North

    www.dugnorth.com

Tom Haney

    www.tomhaney.com

Cecilia Schiller

    https://ceciliaschiller.com

Chris Fitch

     http://chrisfitchdesign.com

OTHER MAKERS

Pierre Mayer - France

    pierremayermagic.unblog.fr

Karakuri Ningyo - Japan

    www.karakuri.info     

Malcolm Brook - Germany

    www.undinge-und-dinge.com/uber-uns

Archer’s Arcadia - David Archer -Australia

    www.archersarcadia.com

Al Conquergood - Canada

     www.conquergoodcreative.com  

Kazuaki Harada - Japan

     http://nizo.jp