Author Archives: Phil

Hello World (again)

I am ‘reactivating’ this blog mainly because I’ve started using Twitter and can see it’ll be useful to have a place to post stuff that requires more than 140 characters to express. Also because I found myself being quoted off … Continue reading

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Kinetic Artists

A growing alphabetical list of Kinetic Artists from around the world, with videos and links to their sculptures and machines… (This page was split off from my list of Automata Makers when the combined list became too large.) Jim Bond … Continue reading

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Paper Engineers

POP-UPS Marion Bataille Website: http://www.marionbataille.com/ Elod Beregszaszi (Popupology) Website: http://www.popupology.co.uk/ David A. Carter Website: http://www.popupbooks.com/ Sam Ita Website: http://samita-us.tumblr.com/ Courtney Watson McCarthy Website: http://www.offcenterpops.com/ Mike Malkovas Website: http://www.mikemalkovas.com/concept/ Keith Moseley Website: http://www.pop-upworld.com/ Kees Moerbeek Website: http://www.keesmoerbeek.com/ Ellen G. Kreiger Rubin … Continue reading

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70+ Contemporary Automata Makers

[Originally published in May 2012] An ever-expanding alphabetical list of contemporary Automata Makers from around the world, with videos and links to their works… This web page got very large, so I created a separate list of Kinetic Artists – … Continue reading

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Free Paper Automata to Download

Here’s an updated list of paper automata that are free to download: Brother Creative Centre https://creativecenter.brother.eu/family-center/family-filter?category=paper-craft Wide range of papercraft to download and make, including some basic mechanisms (crank, gears and cams) and several animal automata by Rob Ives. Canon … Continue reading

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