June, 2018
WIP on the bench:  a prototype for an automaton featuring blinking eyes & making gears accurately.  Whoda thunk making gears would be so persnickity?  Nevertheless, I persevered & am jazzed that I'm starting to get the hang of it.  So, I have made this piece featuring 2 gears (with different ratios resulting in different rotational speeds), 2 snail cams (slow lift, quick drop for the eye blink), & a double-lobed cam (quick up & down movement for the twitchy hair).
Having some fun now!