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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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Meet our Miniature Marionettes
A chance for friends to see the "Work In Progress" of the students in our Miniature Marionette Workshop. They have been working for the...
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Final presentations of our Automata students!
See how our talented students from around the world worked with the basic mechanisms of automata
Jun 1, 20241 min read
Part 1, Chris Bain: No Strings Attached
Somewhere in the strange depths of my memory and imagination I thought of rich puppet traditions and images of Prague and the Czech Republic
Apr 15, 20243 min read
Skeleton Video Launched
Rest in peace? Not these skeletons! They were recently finished by our incredible, hard-working students in our online workshop: Pam...
Mar 23, 20241 min read
2024 Summer Workshops + Scholarship
Now is the time to sign up for our in person summer workshops! Carve a marionette of your own design in our June workshop. You can visit...
Mar 11, 20241 min read
Apply for Social Media Position, June workshop
This year, we are offering the chance to apply to our Social Media Assistant position for our June workshop that will come with a 20%...
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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