François Junod (Switzerland)

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. He is considered a master in this endangered art and craft.

See also: videos of François Junod’s work on Vimeo.