Cabaret Mechanical Movement: Understanding Movement and Making Automata Paperback – January 1, 2013

I love this book. Absolutely delightful. It seems light and spare, but really goes deep into all the essentials. Better than other automata books I've read. So cool.

Published by Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, a traveling museum, this little book is a gold mine of whimsically illustrated essential principles and vocabulary for "persons who want to make "automata, moving toys or mechanical sculpture" -- or like my 12 yo great-nephew, warring robots. If he gleans even one useful tip or idea from it, I'll count it gift well chosen!Brava to "Mary" for a neat mailing package. Thanks to an extra strip of cardboard cunningly applied, the book arrived unbent.

As the authors promised, this book does not offer workshop ready-made projects, but explains the main parts, principles that are needed to create en automata or understand how it works.

Nifty little book

This book is the BEST! one of my professors in undergrad recommended it and it's still my go to book. I have a MFA in sculpture and have been a display artist for companies like Urban Outfitters/Anthropologie. I use this book as reference for a lot of my kinetic installations. the illustrations are AMAZING! and it's so simple to understand and even if it didn't have the illustrations you would still understand how parts move that's how descriptive it is. highly recommend if you're ever thinking about doing movable works.

This is a wonderful little book. The book's many illustrations helped clarify the basic mechanical movements that are used to make automata. Well written in a light and humorous manner.

I liked everything about this book it was easy to follow been making projects for unique Christmaspresents

Wonderful book for those learning about how machines work. I used it to construct my first automata. Highly recommend.