United Kingdom Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Art Deco Carl Kauba Automaton Bronze Nude with Mechanical Cape 1920’s Austria A captivating and rare Art Deco automaton bronze sculpture by Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1865–1922), depicti...

Counter-balanced mobile sculpture by British artist Julia Condon. "Mars" is a limited edition of 15; each is individually handmade so there will be small variations to each. Materi...

Counter-balanced mobile sculpture "Mercury" by British artist Julia Condon. Available in a limited edition of 15, each is individually handmade so there will be small variations to e...

Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures A rare matched pair of French (Paris) clock tower automaton figures, in the form of oriental male dressed dancing figures. Dat...

Counter-balanced mobile sculpture "Jupiter" by British artist Julia Condon. Available in a limited edition of 15; each is individually handmade so there will be small variations to e...

This elegant suspension piece by Arnaud Bazille, known as BAZ, blends minimalist design with sculptural expression. Mobile lunaire features a delicate arrangement of rods and tension...

A great example of a late 1970’s Harry Bertoia style Spray sculpture. Provenance from Newman hire company London who aquired it in the early 1980’s. Steel rods a few with minor bends...

A lovely old British Made Vintage Steam Engine Model. The piece has good scale and a beautiful vintage patina, ideal as an art piece or shelf model. The item dates to circa 1970s wh...

Model Wooden Horse Drawn Hay Cart This is a trim little Wagon, it is made mainly in Oak and comes in a natural wood finish, with removable hay gates and m...

Cogs, pipes and toothed lines are held in equilibrium. The Trebbiatrice is a composition that renews itself each time you walk around it. There is a lingering sense of momentum and i...

‘The Goal’, Ukrainian contemporary kinetic sculpture by Yaryna Lehnevska Ukrainian, 2023 Sculpture: Height 21cm, width 13cm, depth 13cm Box: Height 31cm, width 21.5cm, depth 21.5 Bringing together multiple luxurious materials, this intriguing sculpture by a Ukranian artist Yaryna Lehnevska for SUPERNATURAL is designed to inspire the user to chase their dreams. A stack of raw pyrite crystal stands at the centre of the sculpture, with the unique nature of this crystal representing the owner’s individuality. The surrounding brass constellations...

Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model An incredibly detailed diorama of a feather and down processing machine. Reinigungsmaschine fur federn model um G...

Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill circa 1920. We are pleased to offer this delightful scale model of a dutch windmill.  This could have only been commissioned for...

Wonderful caprice shell mobile from the 1970s. The mobile makes a wonderful delicate sound when the wind catches the caprice shells and they move and touch together. Acrylic top wit...

With a Circular Berlin needlework floral glazed adjustable banner, the cylindrical pillar with a turned finial, on an inverted lobed and fluted pillar an...

Viridian is a unique handcrafted green, amber and aqua fused glass hanging sculpture by the British artist Amy Cushing. A breathtaking hanging installation...

Henry Coombes, British b.1977- "Umbrella" 2005; mixed media, oil paint on found umbrella, 84cm long, (ARR) Provenance: Purchased from Sorcha Dallas Gallery, Glasgow by the previous owner. Henry wrote: “The Umbrella was in my studio in 2005, being rainy Glasgow, I used it, left it open to dry. I was painting a series of oil paintings you can find on my website, ( oil painting section) Glen Golly, Ponker, Lady offering Cock to Fox. I loved what was happening on the pallet more than what was happening on the canvas. So the end of every day I would scrape it off and smear it on the umbrella. I am somewhat superstitious I believe in the notion of bad luck, I was afraid the open umbrella would upset the painting gods. So the ritual of putting the paint on the umbrella was to change into something new that would appease the spirits of bad luck, and bring good fortune to the painting. Paint is a fluid process will ultimately can not control, and if we try to hard it becomes dull illustration. I teach art in prison I see painting holding together the lives of life prisoners. I have huge faith in its power and same time I am humbled by it every time I go into the studio”. Henry Coombes’ distinctive art practice has received wide recognition since his graduation from Glasgow School of Art in 2002. He has a multi-disciplinary practice working in painting, collage, drawing, sculpture and film. Earlier film works like ‘Laddy and the Lady’ and ‘The Bedfords’ explored ideas of class, hierarchy, hunting for sport and Victorian...

Beautifully stylized Erotic Wooden Carving Human Sculpture Antique Decorative Figurine a Mobile Man with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty of the inner world thro...

Folk Art Primitive whirligig, circa 19th century (Working moving item) This lot is a very rare and unique handmade functioning 19th century Folk Art whirligig. The item in unique and very rare to market, it’s completely handmade, with cast iron cogs, hand carved wooden figures and the item works smoothly when the main cog is turned to animated the item. Once the main cog is turned the hand carved figure of the man moves forward to turn the main central function of the whirligig. The item still has all its original primitive handmade art features including, a moving saw, moving wooden pump, cogs, pulleys, central rope wheel, main 2 hand carved figures (one is missing its head). In conclusion this is an original very rare to market functioning 19th century Folk Art primitive whirligig, It’s simply a piece of art and highly desirable. We have never seen a complete item...

‘No Limits #1' is a unique glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Maria Bang Espersen. Maria Bang Espersen works around the idea that all things are malleable, like glass, and that nothing can be permanently defined. Her experimental sculptures are therefore not only an approach but also a statement; one that states to never get caught up in the restrictive norms or to obey established hierarchies. Essentially, her works in glass, are a play with the possibilities of the material and an attempt to expand the viewer’s understanding of her chosen medium. Although static and solid in their final sate, Espersen stretches, pulls and bends her glass, resulting in works that appear soft and almost possible of languid movement. Her chosen sweets confectionery colour palette entices and draws the onlooker towards the artwork, which deliciously glisten. Espersen studied glass and ceramics at Engelsholm Højskole, in Denmark, continuing her studies at the Kosta School of Glass in Sweden, The Royal Danish Academy of Design, and Haystack Mountain...

French hand made antique stained glass window panel This lovely Artisan made piece has been made from 19th century Green Iridescent and Etched Glass, skilfully set to make a Diamond shaped pattern The Panel is a one off, there is only one like this one The prettiest Christmas decoration or sun...

‘No Limits #2' is a unique glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Maria Bang Espersen. Maria Bang Espersen works around the idea that all things are malleable, like glass, and that nothing can be permanently defined. Her experimental sculptures are therefore not only an approach but also a statement; one that states to never get caught up in the restrictive norms or to obey established hierarchies. Essentially, her works in glass, are a play with the possibilities of the material and an attempt to expand the viewer’s understanding of her chosen medium. Although static and solid in their final sate, Espersen stretches, pulls and bends her glass, resulting in works that appear soft and almost possible of languid movement. Her chosen sweets confectionery colour palette entices and draws the onlooker towards the artwork, which deliciously glisten. Espersen studied glass and ceramics at Engelsholm Højskole, in Denmark, continuing her studies at the Kosta School of Glass in Sweden, The Royal Danish Academy of Design, and Haystack Mountain...

'Phateon' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Jon Lewis, created from cast glass, steel, dicroic filter and a 3 1/5 inch gauge steam chassis. Lewis’ first introduction to glassmaking was in 1989 at Wolverhampton University, where he instantly fell in love with glass as a material. A reoccurring theme throughout the years within his work has been the synthesis of glass with metal, which under the creative influence of the artist, often results in corrosion, patination and texture. With his Apertura series, blown vessels created from recycled Bang & Olufsen Television glass are coated by ‘spark impregnation’. Lewis intensely grinds iron and other metals, creating a multitude of small, hot, airborne metal particles that instantly bond and finally cover, the surface of his glass. Forever evolving works, the consistent detail for each is a window of pure transparent coloured glass, a framed aperture to the internal space, encased and surrounded by this metallic shell. In a parallel and completely different body of work, are Lewis' Moonrock sculptures, which combine glass with dichroic filters and employ his own unique technique which began in 1994. Whilst working as a glass blowing assistant in Oregon, an introduction to ‘dichroic thin film interference filters’ as a form of surface decoration on blown glass, saw Lewis see vast potential. This amazing and very technical material, similar to iridescent butterfly wings, produces colour formed by selective reflection as opposed to absorption. The refractive transformation of light through convex and concave lenses and a diffused projection which this film creates, results in artworks that appear to glow from within, emanating a myriad of colours. A constant in Lewis’ glassmaking palette, this series and technique has featured in many notable sculptural & architectural works and derivations.? These two opposing praxis of the artist’s artistic inquiry, often merge into a single expression. Lewis’ work has evolved into a distinctive vision, a fusion of beauty and uniqueness. Every piece of Lewis' art has a twist, in that each of his designs can be traced back to a single sketch. In many instances scribbled several years before just waiting for that last ingredient of inspiration for it to become a reality and brought to life in his multidisciplinary hot glass and metalwork studio in Essex. In the artist’s own words; “In my work I try to create pieces which are hard to identify materially and have an unknown. I enjoy making things whether a glass vessel or a glass furnace, I appreciate things crafted by hand. My history is of engineering and consequently, I love to push the boundaries of what is expected of materials” Lewis was awarded the Glass Society Prize in the British Glass Biennale 2019. His Transceiver received an Honourable Mention in Trace - Showcasing Sustainable Glass Art, in the Glass Art Society’s Virtual 2021 Conference. His dichroic glass has been used in a number of prestigious architectural commissions, including in the Space Pyramidion at the Child Museum of Cairo and the Bliegiessen Sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick...

'Ore in Sienna & Ecru with gold' is a unique glass sculpture in aubergine and off-white colored glass by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (British)...

'Ore Totem in iron blue & pale turquoise with platinum' is a unique glass sculpture by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (British). The outer glass ...

'Ore Totem in Aquamarine & Pale Turquoise with Platinum' is a unique glass sculpture by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (British). The outer glass...

'Ore in Copper Blue & Pale Turquoise and Platinum' is a unique glass sculpture by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Tho...

Panicum in Indigo and Pale Turquiose is a unique glass sculpture in purple and soft blue coloured glass by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (Britis...

'Ore in Amber & Ecru with Gold' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson. The outer glass form contains a...