The making of self-operating toys such as clockwork toys and musical boxes.
| Status | Currently viable(see ‘Other information’) |
| Craft category | Toys and automata |
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| Area currently practised | |
| Origin in the UK | |
| Minimum no. of craftspeople required | |
| Current no. of trainees | |
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History
Techniques
Local forms
Sub-crafts
Issues affecting the viability of the craft
Support organisations
Craftspeople currently known
There is a list of makers on the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre website.
Other information
According to the British Toymakers Guild, automata making is thriving and is of ‘least concern’.
