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Oooo! Exciting! 😎

Puffed up and proud 🐡 Just posted a newsletter about my latest automaton—a cheerful little fish with a big personality. workshopnotes.robives.com #AutumnalAutomata #Pufferfish #automata #maker

Download the pdf instructions and make your own puffer fish automata from conkers and paper clips!
#STEAMjunk #WildMaking
www.robives.com/project/puff...

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🦆✨ Just sent out the latest newsletter from my narrowboat workshop where ducks, gears, and stories collide. This one is about my new column in Automata Magazine and has a T.Rex project for premium subscribers to download and make!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/snippets

Fantastic to peek behind the scenes!

Meet the slowest show-off in town…
Henri Escargot, a paper Snail to download and make!
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#PaperAutomata #SnailTrail #MechanicalHaiku #MakerJoy #SlowAndSteady #PrintedKits #WhimsicalMechanisms #NorthYorkshireMakes

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Make your own waddling duck automaton! Crank the handle and bring this cheerful duck to life, watch it stomp and bob with delightful precision. This hands-on project comes as a downloadable PDF, ready for you to print, cut, and assemble at home. www.robives.com/project/duck #paperautomata #duck

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.

To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster

Thanks!

A photo of two papercrafts, one of a rabbit wearing a jumper with a frog on it, one of a frog wearing a jumper with a rabbit on it.

jumpers in jumpers

@drlucyrogers.com visited my narrowboat made a scampering dog!

Looking good! 🐾✂️

🔧 Paper Piston in Motion!
Here’s a peek inside the engine room of your imagination — a working piston mechanism made entirely from paper. With a simple frame, crank handle, and cutaway cylinder, this hands-on build shows exactly how a piston drives motion.

www.robives.com/project/pist...

Slow turn, big charm! One gear rotation for every twenty four cranks. This updated worm gear #EssentialMechanism is a quiet celebration of paper movement. Perfect for curious makers, educators and anyone who loves paper engineering! #automata #paperengineering
www.robives.com/project/worm...

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We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.

Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.

So excited to see two of my books in the wild! And in the Salt's Mill bookshop, one of my favourites! More details of the books on my website. #makingpaperautomata #paperengineering #PaperAutomata @thecrowoodpress @saltsmillofficial @hungrytomatouk www.robives.com/books/

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Okay - Not using #WeTransfer again

A parasol unfurls—yours to craft, yours to keep. Made from paper and card, it opens with a rustle. No music, just a moment of quiet craft.
Like it? Tag a maker friend.
#maker #umbrella #papercraft #parasol
Make your own...
www.robives.com/project/pape...

#STEAMjunk Parasol. A bead and wire project to download and make! #maker #automata
www.robives.com/project/para...

Wire Dino to download and make. Transform three paper clips and a terminal block into your own adorable desktop dinosaur!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/wire-dino
www.robives.com/project/wire...

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