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Paul Spooner was born in Lancashire, England, in 1948. He exhibited mechanical aptitude early on and by the age of 16 had constructed a clock and a steam engine from wood. He studied mechanical sculpture from 1966 to 1969 and in 1974 moved to Cornwall, where he made weaving looms for his wife and worked as a van driver. He made his first automaton—a whimsical wooden sculpture with moving ...
P. Spooner. Born 1948. Despite having an engineer for a father, Paul Spooner went to art school and despite receiving an art education from three of the titans of the business, Harry Thubron, Jon Thompson and Tom Hudson, he never became a proper artist but, in his early thirties, took up the then almost extinct profession of automatist. A ...
Aug 3, 2019 · paul spooner—automatist extraordinaire I THANK ALICE SPAWLS, assistant editor at London Review of Books, for introducing me to the works of Paul Spooner. Collectively, Spooner and his pals form the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, a showcase of automata combining mechanical levers, gears, cranks, and cams, all full of wonder with whimsy.
Paul Spooner was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1948. He had mechanical interests from an early age. In 1964 he completed a preDiploma course at Lancaster College of Art where he made a clock and a steam engine from wood. At Cardiff from 1966 to 1969 he studied Art and Design, specializing in mechanical sculpture. Paul's Website.
Meet Paul Spooner, one of the automata artists whose work is showcased at the Exploratorium's Curious Contraptions exhibition.This special exhibition feature...
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Mar 14, 2013 · Paul Spooner specialises in a field known as 'mechanical automata'. He makes elaborate constructions from various materials - with a strong preference for wood - as much for the joy of making them ...
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Apr 17, 2024 · Automatist, Paul Spooner, has been in the trade for 45 years. But why does he do it? “I want to get laughs, but I don’t want to be there when there’s an audience.” While other artists like Fi Henshall are powered by the desire to tell stories, or like Carlos Zapta wish to inspire creativity, at the heart of Paul’s creations is comedy.
