The Celestial Engine
An automaton that turns night into day. Turn the handle and the polymer clay disk rotates transforming from daytime into nighttime. Warm lights brighten the daytime sky with a reflective copper sun and as night comes up a cool bright light glows behind to illuminate the moon and the stars.
Made from polymer clay and wood with some electrical components and quite a bit of fiddling!
I can’t get the video to upload just now so go and find it on my social media (Facebook or Instagram) and I will upload it here soon!
I made this automaton as part of an online Automata workshop with Puppets in Prague
