Website: http://www.francoisjunod.com/ Born in Ste-Croix in 1959, François Junod studied micro-mechanics at the Ecole Technique. While studying sculpture and drawing degree at the Lausanne Art School he also worked as an apprentice automaton-restoring technician with Michel Bertrand in Bullet. François came back to Ste-Croix in 1984 where he designs and builds automatons in the traditional way.… Continue reading François Junod (Switzerland)
Category: Swiss
Paul Gugelmann (Switzerland)
Website: http://www.gugelmann-museum.ch/ (in German) or translated into English. Paul Gugelmann, born in 1929, is a Swiss artist who became famous for primarily for his “poetic machines”. The majority of these machines are owned by a foundation and can be seen in the Paul Gugelmann Museum in Schönenwerd, Switzerland.