• The Umbrella Tree is a botanical mechanical contraption designed to bemuse, baffle, delight and amuse children of all ages. Audiences discover it in the landscape singing to itself and dancing its strange mechanical ballet.The four metre high structure weaves a creaky choreography of mechanically operated umbrellas, lights and smoke.
    The Umbrella Tree is a botanical mechanical contraption designed to bemuse, baffle, delight and amuse children of all ages. Audiences discover it in the landscape singing to itself and dancing its strange mechanical ballet.The four metre high structure weaves a creaky choreography of mechanically operated umbrellas, lights and smoke.
  • The Umbrella Tree sculpture with mechanically operated brollies lights and smoke, Wilderness festival 2018
    The Umbrella Tree sculpture with mechanically operated brollies lights and smoke, Wilderness festival 2018
  • Close up of Lost & Found Tree audio, visual and kinetic sculpture for Enchanted Parks, Gateshead 2018
    Close up of Lost & Found Tree audio, visual and kinetic sculpture for Enchanted Parks, Gateshead 2018
  • Close up of Lost & Found Tree audio, visual and kinetic sculpture for Enchanted Parks, Gateshead 2018
    Close up of Lost & Found Tree audio, visual and kinetic sculpture for Enchanted Parks, Gateshead 2018
  • The Umbrella Tree sculpture with mechanically operated brollies, lights and smoke.
    The Umbrella Tree sculpture with mechanically operated brollies, lights and smoke.
  • The Hurly Burly a mobile sound sculpture, sonic amusement, twittering machine and junkyard delirium; packed with a tumultuous array of bells, sirens, alarms, whistles and mechanical percussion. All controlled by a custom built digital control system allowing it to be played by a midi keyboard and sequencer.
    The Hurly Burly a mobile sound sculpture, sonic amusement, twittering machine and junkyard delirium; packed with a tumultuous array of bells, sirens, alarms, whistles and mechanical percussion. All controlled by a custom built digital control system allowing it to be played by a midi keyboard and sequencer.
  • The Hurly Burly, mobile sound sculpture leads a lantern parade at Just So Festival 2017
    The Hurly Burly, mobile sound sculpture leads a lantern parade at Just So Festival 2017
  • The Hurly Burly in action at Hull Freedom Festival 2015
    The Hurly Burly in action at Hull Freedom Festival 2015
  • close up of the hurly burly mobile sound sculpture with performer and blue smoke at Spare Parts Festival Parade 2015
    close up of the hurly burly mobile sound sculpture with performer and blue smoke at Spare Parts Festival Parade 2015
  • Boneshaker - mobile tower for performer and sound system at Preston Guildhall Illuminated Procession 2016. The 1.2m diameter wheels are friction driven by pedal power, allowing the Boneshaker to turn on a penny.
    Boneshaker - mobile tower for performer and sound system at Preston Guildhall Illuminated Procession 2016. The 1.2m diameter wheels are friction driven by pedal power, allowing the Boneshaker to turn on a penny.
  • Mobile set and structures temporarily transformed into a boat sailing the seas of scrap during Boneyard Tales performance by Rag and Bone 2013
    Mobile set and structures temporarily transformed into a boat sailing the seas of scrap during Boneyard Tales performance by Rag and Bone 2013
  • Illuminated Carousel spins as part of Ghost Horn performance, Taunton 2012
    Illuminated Carousel spins as part of Ghost Horn performance, Taunton 2012
  • The Pandamonium Engine: mobile madcap kinetic sculpture animated with pyrotechnics and fire, Huddersfield Festival of Light 2010
    The Pandamonium Engine: mobile madcap kinetic sculpture animated with pyrotechnics and fire, Huddersfield Festival of Light 2010
  • The Pandamonium Engine: mobile madcap kinetic sculpture animated with pyrotechnics and fire, Huddersfield Festival of Light 2010
    The Pandamonium Engine: mobile madcap kinetic sculpture animated with pyrotechnics and fire, Huddersfield Festival of Light 2010

Rude Mechanicals

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A collection of whimsical contraptions, kinetic sculpture, ramshackle engineering, twittering machines and dream engines.

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