Creatures of the Wind: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten
We are born with the urge to build and make things. What does this creativity tell us about our origins? Since 1990, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been designing animals from PVC …
Spirits of Earth and Water: Heligan, Eden and Mud Sculpture in Cornwall
From ghostly moors to the longest stretch of continuous coastline in Britain, the county of Cornwall is a mysterious and legendary place, home to the famously haunted Jamaica Inn on …
Smooth Insect in Motion: Meet the A-Pod
Kåre Halvorsen, aka Zenta, builds robots. His specialty is the hexapod, like the A-Pod in the video below which is based on the body of the ant. Not only is …