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Free! Simple Mechanisms
To launch our 2026-27 Automata Fundamentals Online Workshop, we are offering the first session for FREE! Learn how to make simple mechanisms for Automata and learn about our plans for the entire year. Learn how to make beautiful automata in Simple Mechanisms that you can easily make at home with scrap wood, clothespins, and other materials that are easily sourced. On September 20, you will get guidance from expert toymaker/puppet maker Mirek Trejtnar on the basic principles
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Puppet Recipes
Puppet Recipes is a new project to celebrate our 25th anniversary. We look forward to seeing you on February 2 when you can try out our first recipe! We have two subscriptions: Basic “Puppet Recipes” Yearly “Golden Czech Hands” which gives you access to recordings of past workshops. BASIC PUPPET RECIPES Monthly Workshops: On the first Sunday of every month, you can join our live workshop on a different puppet topic. You will ALSO learn to build Mirek’s amazing gadgets -
Jan 27, 20252 min read
Join our Crank Shaft Workshop
Learn to make this mechanism in the latest module of our Automata Worskhop! We meet on January 5 + 19 on Zoom Between sessions, build...
Dec 27, 20241 min read
Wooden Automata Online Workshop: Waves Mechanism
Join our 2-part online workshop and learn to make your sculptures come to life with this magical waves mechanism. Here you can see the...
Nov 22, 20241 min read
Join us Oct 13 + Nov 3: Jumping Mechanism Workshop
Meet Jenny's Jumping Robots! These charming little guys were made by Jennifer Stables at Puppets in Prague's Online Automata Workshop You...
Oct 11, 20241 min read
Videos, Automata Workshop 2023-24
See some of the beautiful work created by our students in our Online Automata Workshop Jenny Dale Stables, Final Project Troy Hourie,...
Sep 13, 20241 min read
See our August Puppet Show!
See the fantastic puppet show created by our August students with the marionettes they created in our workshop
Sep 3, 20241 min read
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