I went to see Mechanical Cabaret genius Paul Spooner while back in Cornwall for some advice on making a moving eye mechanism and a moveable jaw for Pip.
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| Paul Spooner's drawings for eye and mouth levers |
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| Mouth |
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| Eye gimbal |
I went home and tried to make my own rough ones out of wire, beads and split pins....
....Its fiddley at a small scale and I would have to make a more accurate gimbal- Paul suggested making then his way by cutting the gimbal out of brass on a ban saw but I have seen simpler ones by Pickled Image that is made from a wooden frame and wire and that are more like the drawings above in design.
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| Just thought I'd see what makes a good eye.... Glass mermaid tears infront of a light.... |
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