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Automata Presentations - FREE!
See final pieces from our 2025-26 Automata Workshops - work from students in our two online courses which have been running from September to April: AUTOMATA FUNDAMENTALS and AUTOMATA ADVANCED.
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Puppet Recipes
Recordings and instructions from our monthly online worskhop series
A Taste of the Automata Fest
Did you miss the Automata Fest, organized by the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Hastings with some of the world's leading Automata makers?...
May 29, 20251 min read
May Puppet Recipe, Tricky Carving 3: Video and Puppet Recipe
So many beginner carvers do not understand how deep in the face they must make a puppet's nose, cheeks, mouth, and the corners of the eye. This puppet recipe teaches you how to find the correct depth.
May 5, 20251 min read
Mirek's Amazing Pencil Marker
Learn to make this special gadget invented by MirekTrjetnar that allows you to draw a straight line in the center of wooden blocks!
May 2, 20251 min read
April Puppet Recipe, Tricky Carving 2: Video and Puppet Recipe
At our Puppet Recipe on April 6, Mirek taught students about carving a mouth, beard, hair, and ears.
Apr 7, 20251 min read
Tricky Carving 2: April Puppet Recipe
In March our puppet cooks learned the secrets to carving an eye.
Mar 30, 20251 min read
Tricky Carving 1: Video and Puppet Recipe
At our second Puppet Recipe on March 2, Mirek taught students all about carving an eye.
Mar 3, 20251 min read
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