Animatronics

Give Jim Henson 15 minutes of your time, and the father of the Muppets will teach you how to make your own puppets, using nothing other than household items – socks, potatoes, tacks, tennis balls, rubber bands, wooden spoons, and the rest. This primer originally aired on Iowa Public Television back in 1969, not long before Henson joined a fledgling TV production, Sesame Street , where he helped create the most famous puppets of our generation: Oscar, Ernie, Kermit, Bert, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and the rest. Though recorded 40+ years ago, the advice is simple and timeless. Puppet Making with Jim Henson: A Primer

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Links : Cabaret Mechanical Theatre Don’t forget to check our exhibitions page for details of current CMT exhibitions. Sharmanka Theatre – Glasgow The amazing machines of Eduard Bersudsky are definitely worth a visit. Sharmanka are based in Glasgow.

This musical automaton is much loved and over the last century has become the icon of The Bowes Museum. The Silver Swan dates from 1773 and was first recorded in 1774 as a crowd puller in the Mechanical Museum of James Cox, a London showman and dealer. The internal mechanism is by John Joseph Merlin, a famous inventor of the time. It was one of the many purchases that the Bowes’ made from Parisian jeweller M. Briquet, with John paying £200 for it in 1872. The Bowes Museum: The Silver Swan

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EXPO 2010 - Spain Pavilion, Giant Baby (w/ backside)

Animatronic/Android Eyes - complete kit ($799) includes a) 1 - set of gimbal mounted human-sized eyes. b) 2 - color video CMOS cameras ( PC208-2 from Supercircuits ) Animatronic everything

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Animatronic Eyes/Android Eyes

Glass eyes

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