Category: American

Website: http://www.thomaskuntzart.com/ Thomas Kuntz was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1965. His father, a surgeon, and his mother, a folk artist and doll maker, “provided both the necessary gene pool and a stimulating environment in which to grow up”. Thomas has been working as a professional artist since 1986, and his projects tend to feature… Continue reading Thomas Kuntz

Website: http://urban-objects.com/ As a child, Aaron Kramer fell in love with contraptions, coin-operated amusements and marionettes. The clack and clatter of machinery and the visual “eye candy” of mechanisms all gave him a thrill, and Aaron has always wanted to make things that moved or implied some hidden mechanical purpose. See also: Aaron’s ‘The Art… Continue reading Aaron Kramer (USA)

Website: http://www.blisskolbautomata.com/ Born and raised in Seattle, Bliss Kolb has been designing and building custom cabinetry, furniture, theatrical stage sets & props, and video production design for over 30 years. In 2010 he turned to an early inspiration to create automata, in the form of mechanical moving creatures.

Website: http://www.patkeck.com/ Pat Keck makes painted wooden figures inspired in part by puppets, dummies, scarecrows and automatons. Some are animated by cranks, levers or motors.

Website: http://ginakamentsky.com/ Living and working in Fort Point, South Boston in 1986, Gina Kamentsky began picking up odds and ends; pieces from abandoned vehicles, scrap that had fallen off trucks and parts found in the street. She started making small figures and vehicles and later became interested in creating lamps and motorized pieces.  

Website: http://kelleycjones.com/ Kelley C. Jones sometimes refers to her work as as three-dimensional comics. A fascination for kinetics and automata led Kelley to add moving features whenever possible. See also: pictures of Kelley’s work on Pinterest.

Website: http://www.sidestreet.info/automata/gallery.html Marc Horovitz stumbled upon Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, then located in Covent Garden in London, where he discovered the weird, wonderful and fascinating world of automata. It wasn’t until a few years later that Marc tried his hand at making automata himself. He was soon hooked, and has made several since then.

Website: http://www.tomhaney.com/ Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1962, Tom Haney has always been fascinated by mechanical movement. Tom has been creating figurative kinetic pieces operated by keys, cranks, weights, wind-up and electric motors since 1994.

Website: http://www.nemogould.com/ Nemo Gould was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1975. He studied Fine Arts at Kansas City Art Institute and U.C. Berkeley and makes kinetic sculpture from found materials. Nemo’s work attempts to reconcile the innocent wonder of youth with the dull complexity of the adult experience.