Category: American

Website: http://www.stevegerberich.com/ Gerb-O-Matic is the quirky world of Steve Gerberich, who turns everyday objects into wonderfully bizarre mechanical creations. A self-proclaimed lover of hand tools or any useful invention without a power cord, Gerberich turns discarded labour-saving devices into a wealth of fantastical sculptures.

Website: http://chrisfitchdesign.com/ Chris Fitch is a sculptor and inventor who lives and works in the Boston area. Beyond sculpture, Chris has worked in stop motion animation, on science museum exhibits, and designed teaching tools for science and math education.

Website: http://www.lilana.com/mechanicalcuriosities/ Edmund Dohnert grew up as a shy, imaginative child in the 1950s. He enjoyed creating art, and used to tinker with all kinds of mechanical things with his father. Edmund trained as an engineer, and began building automata in his spare time in the 1980s.

Website: http://www.chomickmeder.com/ Husband and wife team Chris Chomick and Peter Meder have been working together for thirty-eight years. Inspired by their interests in puppets and animation, Chris and Peter combine the knowledge and strengths of their different art backgrounds to create their own unique form of figurative art and automata.

Website: http://www.mcgowanfineart.com/portfolio-items/campbell/ Bruce Campbell studied at Syracuse University and Indiana University. In 1990, fascinated with the mechanics of movement, Bruce began experimenting with three dimensional line drawing in wire. He created animals, insects and later simple machines that were joined, bent and twisted into shape.

Website: http://davidbeckartworks.com/ Working in relative obscurity for many years in New York City, David Beck eventually found gallery representation and established a following of enthusiasts who snap up his work as soon as it comes out.  His pieces have been shown at the MET, the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and in some of the world’s most… Continue reading David Beck (USA)

Karen Barkie comes from North Carolina. She doesn’t appear to have a website, but her YouTube channel ‘makesautomata’ contains many wonderful examples of her work.  

Websites: John Pence Gallery &  Heike Pickett Gallery Steve Armstrong, a native of Kentucky born in 1945, has been making automata since the 1990s. Steve’s work is based in the human figure and realism, though he simplifies his forms. His preferred material is yellow poplar, a local, easily available wood that he likes for its buttery carving… Continue reading Steve Armstrong (USA)