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Mick Jagger bust for a "You Got To Moo" AutoMusBox

6/19/2022

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I've just finished hand-carving a tiny bust of Mick Jagger from a 1-inch thick piece of basswood. 
It will be used in a future AutoMusBox (which I define as a combination Automaton and Music Box). Its title is "You Got To Moo". It will mechanically play a cover of You've Got To Move, a classic blues song by Mississippi Fred McDowell, except that a Moo box will replace the "move" lyric.
Since the Stones covered this in the 60s, Jagger will 'sing' it. Charlie Watts will play a bass drum and cymbal. A push button puppet mechanism will ensure that Keef sways in time with the music before  collapsing.
I'm currently busy with other automata projects, and writing an article on the Horse and Carrot for Automata Magazine,  so this won't be finished until next year. 
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Hi and where we're heading with this blog

6/19/2022

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Hi everyone. I'm planning to put up how to's and stuff like that on this blog. I'll try to post something once a month.
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First up will be a review of different types of body joints and how to make them. I'll start with rigid, wooden mortise and tenon style ones, then review thin metal inserts that Keith Newstead used, then screw eyes with Chicago screw axles, before getting into floppy ones and why you would ever want to use them!

In the meantime, since it's warming up and almost summer, here's a cartoon I made called "An Unfortunate Choice of Bikini". This may become an automaton one day.
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Decision time - will this be the face or the body?!?
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  • Home
  • Automata
    • Tug-O-Love
    • Valentine
    • Horse and Carrot
    • Laughing Machine #1
    • Duelling Stereotypes
    • 4th July
    • Halloween
    • Attention Deficit Disorder
    • Crank-slider skier
  • Blog
  • Music
    • About
    • Music >
      • Life Is on Standby >
        • Release Notes (Standby)
      • I'm Alive. It's a Miracle! >
        • Release Notes (Miracle)
      • Waghorn & Taylor - Into the Blue
      • The Other Side of the Storm
    • Videos
    • Lyrics >
      • Life Is on Standby
      • Catch and Release
      • Change For Good
      • The Other Side of the Storm
      • Lonely Castaway