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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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Adriana Hollenbeck: Wooden Puppetry&Young Children
For two years, Adriana Hollenbeck, Early Childhood educator and Head of The Experiential School at Shorecrest Preparatory School, has been learning as much as she can about the language of wood and wooden puppetry. "After carving table-top puppets, glove and rod puppets, simple and more complex marionettes I witnessed the joy felt by the children. There was no way back." Adriana participated in our 8-month Online Automata Course last year, and this summer she came to Prague
Jul 9, 20242 min read
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