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Mesmerising Mechanisms

Mesmerising Mechanisms is a free, hands-on exhibition on 19th April at Water of Leith Visitor Centre featuring a collection of wooden machines designed and built by Ian Graham of Colinton Clocks!

Mesmerising Mechanisms

About Mesmerising Mechanisms

A Free, hands-on exhibition of wooden machines, demonstrating the fascinating and often bewildering motion of mechanisms.

You'll see clocks with moving gears, and ball runner machines moving balls around in all sorts of crazy ways, There will be Automata, depicting the secret activities of the humble Hedgehog, like sport, music making,and juggling. And if.... juggling?... if you are feeling creative,make an artwork to take home using one of the drawing machines that you'll see here.

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