Now available in our online shop - the legendary cardboard automata kit!
Start tinkering and creating your own designs with this versatile kit. You will start understand the basic mechanisms including cams, drives and cranks as you put the kit together and try out different designs.
Developed by @firetheinventor this tried and tested kit has been enjoyed by visitors to our exhibitions and accompanying workshops for over 10 years. It has also been part of our online Automata Tinkering Global Workshops since 2020.
at the Museuma of Making ran from 10 Dec - 13 Mar 2022 but you can still see the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre - virtual version. Although it may not stay online forever - let us know if it’s gone! Our other previous shows are here.
You can join the waitlist for our next Automata Tinkering Global Workshop is starting on May 10th. Join our community for 6 weeks of exploring mechanisms, materials and storytelling online. More info and booking
Looking for a new year project or a brilliant Christmas gift? 🎁 Join our 2022 online Automata Tinkering Global Workshop - book now for the 🦅 earlybird. Explore mechanisms, materials & storytelling 19 Jan to 23 Feb 4-6pm UK time. Go here for more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/automat…
Our exhibition Mechanics Alive! opened at The Fleet Science Centre in San Diego, CA, USA on Saturday 9 October (closed Jan 17, 2022). They are open every day and have free entrance every first Tuesday for local residents. Go and see exhibits by Peter Markey, Keith Newstead, Carlos Zapata, Paul Spooner and Ron Fuller and find out how they work by trying out the interactive displays.
Cabaret Mechanical Marvels exhibition opens at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock on the 25 September (until 14 November 2021). It’s free entry every day except Monday and there’s no need to book. Come and see iconic automata such as Paul Spooner’s Barecats as well as other pieces from our collection of the UK’s finest contemporary makers. Try out the interactive displays and explore mechanisms and learn more about CMT’s history and origins from the early days in Falmouth, Cornwall.
Have you seen The English Spring at Hastings Museum yet?
It’s been wonderful to display Paul Spooners new automaton. You’ll be mesmerised by the 100 beautifully carved wooden figures, each one evoking their own story and accompanied by working organ pipes . We are planning a UK tour so watch out for posts about future venues. You have until 🗓 Sunday 29 August (2021) to see it at @hastings_museum alongside the rest of the automata in the Ingenious Contraptions exhibition, don’t forget to book your ticket
Cabaret Mechanical Marvels opens on 17 July at the quayside Poole Museum, Dorset. It’s open everyday & free with no booking. Perfect for a summer outing. (Until 5 Sept 2021).
www.poolemuseum.org.uk/whats-on/…
Get your tickets for our next Automata Tinkering Global Workshop. 16 Sept-21 Oct 2021 exploring mechanisms, materials & storytelling plus online CMT artists’ studio visits, kits, a book and a lot of fun. Facilitated by Ryan Jenkins @wonderfulideaco www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/automat…
Visit a show! We have 2 on now: Ingenious Contraptions - @hastings_museum to 29 Aug AND Cabaret Mechanical Marvels - St Albans Museum to 27 Jun
www.hmag.org.uk/events/de… www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/index.php…
Closed, open, closed, open… Virtual! Our Marvellous Mechanicals exhibition may have just closed at Gosport Gallery @SEARCHGosport but you can visit it online: www.cultureoncall.com/a-virtual…
We are very sad to announce that Keith Newstead passed away this weekend (Nov. 7/8) at the age of 64. Keith was a dear friend and exceptionally talented maker. He will be very sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. Photo credit: Steve Tanner
We are delighted to announce that we’ve opened a new exhibition - our first since Covid happened - in Gosport (UK - Hampshire, across the water from Portsmouth). See our blog post for more info and to book your time slot.
Announcing a family workshop which includes an introduction to the wonderful world of automata. We’ll talk together about tools and materials, explore some inspirational machines made by CMT artists and get started constructing our own projects making weird and spooky characters come to life.
During the day the zoom call will be open as a helpline where experienced tinkering facilitators will take a look at in-progress projects, offer new ideas and share tips and tricks. We reconvene in the afternoon to share our work and plan next steps for making and building with automata.
Family workshops are co-educational experiences (so adults, you get to do these activities too!). Best for ages 8 and up, tinkering with a parent or caregiver (in the same house or remotely).
Please see go here: cabaret.co.uk/ig/ for more as well as details of two other workshops we’re running.
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‘In olden times being a fool was a job.’ Paul Spooner is working on a new limited edition of 5 fools. There will be more information in our next ‘CMT News’ email newsletter.
. #fools #april2020 #comingsoon #automata #paulspooner #teaser #pantomimehorse
Installation sneak peek. Coming soon to @phaeno_wolfsburg Germany. Thanks to @wonderfulideaco for the pix.
at someone else’s show for a change! Sarah with @smithautomata and his Wishing You Well machine. The opening night of the Artwork, Objects & Curiosities show @paulsmithdesign Albemarle St in London. Go see!
Now on: Mechanical Circus 2nd November – April 26th 2020 @puke_ariki Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand - swipe for more pictures. Thanks to @maxsworld for photos and installation! In collaboration with Rijksmuseum Boerhaave rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl/engels/ (European Museum of the Year) use link in our bio for more information.
Many thanks to @rodicdavidsonarchitects for hosting this show over the summer (and sharing this video!). It’s being deinstalled today. #repost @rodicdavidsonarchitects __________________ Physics for cats. Our Bloomsbury office window exhibition ‘A Day at the Architects by Paul Spooner’ ending soon, come and see the wonderful exhibition. @cabmech #automata #armature #sculpture #rodicdavidson #rodicdavidsonarchitects #architecture #archilovers #paulspoonerautomata #bloomsbury #woodwork #mechanism #model #3d #kineticart #art #makers #mechanical #london #britishmuseum #cats #video #craftsman #artpiece #contemporaryart #artmachine #machines #exhibition
#repost @rodicdavidsonarchitects __________________ An elephant looking at a rainbow. Our Bloomsbury office window exhibition ‘A Day at the Architects by Paul Spooner’ ending soon, come and see the wonderful exhibition. @cabmech #automata #armature #sculpture #rodicdavidson #rodicdavidsonarchitects #elephant #birds #architecture #archilovers #paulspoonerautomata #bloomsbury #woodwork #mechanism #model #3d #kineticart #art #makers #mechanical #london #britishmuseum #rainbow
#repost @smithautomata Applause family group finished and going to the @exploratorium in #sanfrancisco with the wonderful Cabaret Mechanical Theatre ( @cabmech ) #abstractart #sculpture #kineticart #artiststudio #geometricart #geometry #artcollector #artmachine #mechanicalart #colour #originalart #kinetic #engineering #craftsman #machine #artpiece #artist #contemporaryart #artdesigns
Paul Spooner and Rosemary Hill gave an entertaining talk to sell out @lrbbookshop last night as part of @rodicdavidsonarchitects window exhibition next door until end of September.
Our touring exhibition Marvellous Machines opens tomorrow at Ipswich Museum and Art Gallery until 3rd November 2019. Image: Baba Yaga (detail) by Keith Newstead see: www.ipswich.gov.uk/marvellou… or link in our bio #IpswichArtGallery @IpswichMuseums #automata #keithnewstead #machines #babayaga #sorceress #folklore #fairytale
News! 1. Paul Spooner talk in London Sep 5. and 2. Automata making workshop 1-5 Sep @westdeancollege and thirdly, @falmouthartgallery have a new online archive. Please use the link in our bio cabaret.co.uk/ig/ for more information. #automata #news #toomuchforonepost @lrbbookshop @rodicdavidsonarchitects Shows in London, Banbury and Carlisle continue. Ipswich opening soon!
