by Katie | Aug 22, 2019 | Artists, News
Ali Pickard is a trained metalwork artist and designer who is just getting into making automata. She recently visited our MAD Museum and wrote an article about her trip for A-N The Artist Information Company. https://www.a-n.co.uk/ Click here to read Ali’s MAD review...
by Katie | Aug 15, 2019 | Artists, News, Press
We have just started displaying a brand new, brilliant piece from one of our top resident artists – Steve Sherwin. If you’ve been to our MAD Museum recently, you would have seen his ‘Celerity Eric’, ‘Autumnmotion’ and ‘Mech Ball’. Sherwin produces intricate,...
by Katie | Jun 21, 2019 | Artists, Events, Families, News, Press
We are currently preparing 3 fantastic new pieces of automata ready for exhibiting. These sculptures were all made by the legendary automata maker, Keith Newstead. We first came to hear about these one-of-a-kind pieces when a private collector contacted us. Over the...
by Katie | Jun 10, 2019 | Artists, News
The Man Behind All Of MAD’s Fantastic Images We first came across Chris in 2013 when he visited our museum as part of a photography group (way back when we were on Sheep Street). His attention to detail and use of bright colours really appealed to us. So much so...
by Katie | Mar 25, 2019 | Artists, Events, News, Press
Dutch artist brings art to Stratford The Dutch artist Lukas van de Vrande brought a piece of art he made to the MAD Museum in Stratford upon Avon. His machine ‘Two Million Years’ is a combination of art & science. Stripes move up and down, back and forth, and when...
by Katie | Mar 19, 2019 | Artists, Educators, News, Press
A week after we started displaying a fantastic new rolling ball sculpture by Robert Moore, we were lucky enough to get another mind-boggling creation! Meet The Juggler by David Bowerman. TEMPORARY EXHIBIT – ON DISPLAY UNTIL 28TH MAY 2019 The...