✄---Rob--Ives---
@robives.bsky.social
Paper models, #STEAMjunk and crafty projects to download and make. Writer & Maker of paper automata and animated projects.
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Website... www.robives.com
Useful links... linktr.ee/robives
Website... www.robives.com
Latest newsletter!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Latest newsletter!
workshopnotes.robives.com
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An #EssentialMechanism project to download and make. As the gear turns, it meshes first with one rack, then the other, alternately lifting and dropping them in a satisfying reciprocating motion. #paperengineering #papercraft www.robives.com/project/reci...
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An #EssentialMechanism project to download and make. As the gear turns, it meshes first with one rack, then the other, alternately lifting and dropping them in a satisfying reciprocating motion. #paperengineering #papercraft www.robives.com/project/reci...
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spent a fun afternoon talking about paper automata with an online group from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre! www.cabaret.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Spent a fun afternoon talking about paper automata with an online group from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre! www.cabaret.co.uk
Puffed up and proud 🐡 Just posted a newsletter about my latest automaton—a cheerful little fish with a big personality. workshopnotes.robives.com #AutumnalAutomata #Pufferfish #automata #maker
October 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Puffed up and proud 🐡 Just posted a newsletter about my latest automaton—a cheerful little fish with a big personality. workshopnotes.robives.com #AutumnalAutomata #Pufferfish #automata #maker
Download the pdf instructions and make your own puffer fish automata from conkers and paper clips!
#STEAMjunk #WildMaking
www.robives.com/project/puff...
#STEAMjunk #WildMaking
www.robives.com/project/puff...
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Download the pdf instructions and make your own puffer fish automata from conkers and paper clips!
#STEAMjunk #WildMaking
www.robives.com/project/puff...
#STEAMjunk #WildMaking
www.robives.com/project/puff...
🦆✨ Just sent out the latest newsletter from my narrowboat workshop where ducks, gears, and stories collide. This one is about my new column in Automata Magazine and has a T.Rex project for premium subscribers to download and make!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/snippets
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/snippets
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🦆✨ Just sent out the latest newsletter from my narrowboat workshop where ducks, gears, and stories collide. This one is about my new column in Automata Magazine and has a T.Rex project for premium subscribers to download and make!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/snippets
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/snippets
Meet the slowest show-off in town…
Henri Escargot, a paper Snail to download and make!
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#PaperAutomata #SnailTrail #MechanicalHaiku #MakerJoy #SlowAndSteady #PrintedKits #WhimsicalMechanisms #NorthYorkshireMakes
Henri Escargot, a paper Snail to download and make!
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#PaperAutomata #SnailTrail #MechanicalHaiku #MakerJoy #SlowAndSteady #PrintedKits #WhimsicalMechanisms #NorthYorkshireMakes
August 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Meet the slowest show-off in town…
Henri Escargot, a paper Snail to download and make!
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#PaperAutomata #SnailTrail #MechanicalHaiku #MakerJoy #SlowAndSteady #PrintedKits #WhimsicalMechanisms #NorthYorkshireMakes
Henri Escargot, a paper Snail to download and make!
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#PaperAutomata #SnailTrail #MechanicalHaiku #MakerJoy #SlowAndSteady #PrintedKits #WhimsicalMechanisms #NorthYorkshireMakes
Make your own waddling duck automaton! Crank the handle and bring this cheerful duck to life, watch it stomp and bob with delightful precision. This hands-on project comes as a downloadable PDF, ready for you to print, cut, and assemble at home. www.robives.com/project/duck #paperautomata #duck
August 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Make your own waddling duck automaton! Crank the handle and bring this cheerful duck to life, watch it stomp and bob with delightful precision. This hands-on project comes as a downloadable PDF, ready for you to print, cut, and assemble at home. www.robives.com/project/duck #paperautomata #duck
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The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.
To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster
To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.
To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster
To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster
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jumpers in jumpers
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
jumpers in jumpers
@drlucyrogers.com visited my narrowboat made a scampering dog!
July 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@drlucyrogers.com visited my narrowboat made a scampering dog!
🔧 Paper Piston in Motion!
Here’s a peek inside the engine room of your imagination — a working piston mechanism made entirely from paper. With a simple frame, crank handle, and cutaway cylinder, this hands-on build shows exactly how a piston drives motion.
www.robives.com/project/pist...
Here’s a peek inside the engine room of your imagination — a working piston mechanism made entirely from paper. With a simple frame, crank handle, and cutaway cylinder, this hands-on build shows exactly how a piston drives motion.
www.robives.com/project/pist...
July 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🔧 Paper Piston in Motion!
Here’s a peek inside the engine room of your imagination — a working piston mechanism made entirely from paper. With a simple frame, crank handle, and cutaway cylinder, this hands-on build shows exactly how a piston drives motion.
www.robives.com/project/pist...
Here’s a peek inside the engine room of your imagination — a working piston mechanism made entirely from paper. With a simple frame, crank handle, and cutaway cylinder, this hands-on build shows exactly how a piston drives motion.
www.robives.com/project/pist...
Slow turn, big charm! One gear rotation for every twenty four cranks. This updated worm gear #EssentialMechanism is a quiet celebration of paper movement. Perfect for curious makers, educators and anyone who loves paper engineering! #automata #paperengineering
www.robives.com/project/worm...
www.robives.com/project/worm...
July 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Slow turn, big charm! One gear rotation for every twenty four cranks. This updated worm gear #EssentialMechanism is a quiet celebration of paper movement. Perfect for curious makers, educators and anyone who loves paper engineering! #automata #paperengineering
www.robives.com/project/worm...
www.robives.com/project/worm...
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We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.
Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.
Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.
July 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.
Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.
Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.
So excited to see two of my books in the wild! And in the Salt's Mill bookshop, one of my favourites! More details of the books on my website. #makingpaperautomata #paperengineering #PaperAutomata @thecrowoodpress @saltsmillofficial @hungrytomatouk www.robives.com/books/
July 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So excited to see two of my books in the wild! And in the Salt's Mill bookshop, one of my favourites! More details of the books on my website. #makingpaperautomata #paperengineering #PaperAutomata @thecrowoodpress @saltsmillofficial @hungrytomatouk www.robives.com/books/
A parasol unfurls—yours to craft, yours to keep. Made from paper and card, it opens with a rustle. No music, just a moment of quiet craft.
Like it? Tag a maker friend.
#maker #umbrella #papercraft #parasol
Make your own...
www.robives.com/project/pape...
Like it? Tag a maker friend.
#maker #umbrella #papercraft #parasol
Make your own...
www.robives.com/project/pape...
July 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A parasol unfurls—yours to craft, yours to keep. Made from paper and card, it opens with a rustle. No music, just a moment of quiet craft.
Like it? Tag a maker friend.
#maker #umbrella #papercraft #parasol
Make your own...
www.robives.com/project/pape...
Like it? Tag a maker friend.
#maker #umbrella #papercraft #parasol
Make your own...
www.robives.com/project/pape...
#STEAMjunk Parasol. A bead and wire project to download and make! #maker #automata
www.robives.com/project/para...
www.robives.com/project/para...
July 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#STEAMjunk Parasol. A bead and wire project to download and make! #maker #automata
www.robives.com/project/para...
www.robives.com/project/para...
Wire Dino to download and make. Transform three paper clips and a terminal block into your own adorable desktop dinosaur!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/wire-dino
www.robives.com/project/wire...
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www.robives.com/project/wire...
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wire Dino to download and make. Transform three paper clips and a terminal block into your own adorable desktop dinosaur!
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/wire-dino
www.robives.com/project/wire...
workshopnotes.robives.com/p/wire-dino
www.robives.com/project/wire...
Cuckoo Whistle. Using paper bellows and cardboard pipes the cuckoo whistle recreates the iconic sound of Common Cuckoo. Alternately press in the two bellows to make the distinctive Cuc-koo sound! #bellows #sound #cuckoo #maker #papercrafts #paperautomata
www.robives.com/project/cuck...
www.robives.com/project/cuck...
June 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Cuckoo Whistle. Using paper bellows and cardboard pipes the cuckoo whistle recreates the iconic sound of Common Cuckoo. Alternately press in the two bellows to make the distinctive Cuc-koo sound! #bellows #sound #cuckoo #maker #papercrafts #paperautomata
www.robives.com/project/cuck...
www.robives.com/project/cuck...
Latest newsletter is out! workshopnotes.robives.com
Making paper bellows
Making paper bellows
June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Latest newsletter is out! workshopnotes.robives.com
Making paper bellows
Making paper bellows
Gnashers! Pendulum powered #paperAutomata project. Move the box even a fraction to start the teeth a-chattering! www.robives.com/project/gnas...
June 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gnashers! Pendulum powered #paperAutomata project. Move the box even a fraction to start the teeth a-chattering! www.robives.com/project/gnas...
#STEAMjunk Busy Bee project for you to make on International Bee Day! #internationalbeeday #maker #automata www.robives.com/project/busy...
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#STEAMjunk Busy Bee project for you to make on International Bee Day! #internationalbeeday #maker #automata www.robives.com/project/busy...
So excited for Automata Fest 2025 this coming weekend! Looking forward to seeing old friends, making new friends and seeing some amazing automata. Hope to see you there! #automatafest #automata #hastings #maker
May 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
So excited for Automata Fest 2025 this coming weekend! Looking forward to seeing old friends, making new friends and seeing some amazing automata. Hope to see you there! #automatafest #automata #hastings #maker
Turn the handle to make the Scotch Bird fly! The offset crank and double scotch yoke mechanism produce an organic flapping motion. #STEAMjunk
www.robives.com/project/scot...
www.robives.com/project/scot...
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Turn the handle to make the Scotch Bird fly! The offset crank and double scotch yoke mechanism produce an organic flapping motion. #STEAMjunk
www.robives.com/project/scot...
www.robives.com/project/scot...