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Estate, Workshop

Day No.140 – The last month

May 9, 2014May 9, 2014by Brittany Nicole Cox2 Comments on Day No.140 – The last month

Those of you who filled out the question form on the Harmon Estate Sale page, your questions have been answered and posted there. Hello all! This has been quite a journey. The sale is coming up so soon - just a month away now! I think back to when I started this project and it [...]

Estate, Workshop

Sale Announcement!

April 5, 2014April 6, 2014by Brittany Nicole Cox6 Comments on Sale Announcement!

KEEP AN EYE ON THE HARMON ESTATE SALE PAGE - AS THAT IS THE OFFICIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION PAGE ON THE SALE. IT WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED WITH A LIST OF CONTENTS AND THE SALE INFORMATION, ETC.  

Estate, Workshop

Day No.87 – Bibelots and more

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014by Brittany Nicole Cox8 Comments on Day No.87 – Bibelots and more

More curious things in the basement: a large jar of saffron, used for gilding as it was done in the Middle Ages, and rocks of rosin, obtained from conifers and used for glass polishing among other applications... Dennis was certainly a renaissance man. Here are some photos of items newly arranged.               [...]

Estate, Workshop

Day No.7 – Now that’s a demagnetizer !

December 27, 2013by Brittany Nicole Cox4 Comments on Day No.7 – Now that’s a demagnetizer !

      To use, a watch is placed inside of the core; the slide is then moved in and out to change the polarity of the magnet, as described in patent number 699863: The slide and comb thereon constitute a pole changer, and in practice the same is actuated to cause frequent reverses of the [...]

Automata

The Fox and the Sea

April 8, 2013April 8, 2013by Brittany Nicole Cox2 Comments on The Fox and the Sea

It was late at night in the West Dean workshop when I decided to make a little toy automaton for my husband Thomas for Christmas one year. As we both love foxes and I was literally an ocean away, I decided to make a little fox on a boat at sea. As you turn the [...]

Memoria Technica Workshop

The workshop is not open to the public, but I offer a list of classes and private tuition. To book an appointment please send an email to bcox@mechanicalcurios.com

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