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Welcome to my website.
Talks and Presentations
AutomataFest was a 3-day automata extravaganza which was held in Hastings from 9th-11th May 2025 organised jointly by Automata Magazine and Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. There were presentations by well-known automatists from around the world giving talks and workshops. I gave a talk about including sounds into automata and that was well received. I also took along dozens of my automata for visitors to see and operate. It was great to meet and talk with so many automata enthusiasts from all around the world. Go to AutomataFest.com for details of what went on.
Exhibition at Ringmer Village Hall
20th September 2025
As you can see from other pages of my website I make mechanical models and other weird and wonderful creations. Over the past 20 years we have held Open House exhibitions of things that I have made but as we have now moved to Ringmer I had an exhibition in Ringmer Village Hall displaying all, or nearly all, of my 101 automata and mechanical models. It was really well attended - hundreds of happy smiling visitors operating all the automata. They all survived the ordeal. A few of them just needed a tweak to get them running smoothly again. Thank you all for coming and for the generous donation which have gone to local charities. It was a great day.
Videos
If you haven't been to one of my exhibitions or would like to remind yourself of the automata that you saw on your visit you can view them on my YouTube channel called Positivelycreative (no spaces) or view some of the videos directly from this website. I have had over 490,000 views of my short videos so far.
Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum
The Woodfair at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum had been an excellent venue to display lots of my craftwork and Mechanical Models for many years but, alas, the place has now closed to the public. The Woodfair did take place in 2019 at the end of September and I was there with Bentley Wildlife Carvers. This was the last occasion that we took part because we couldn't get enough of our carving group together to put on a display and we now do not have the facility to store our exhibition equipment on site.
Bentley Wildlife Carvers
The carving group that I belong to is still surviving so if you are interested in wood carving why not join Bentley Wildlife Carvers (visit our website on www.bentleywildlifecarvers.uk). We meet at the Arundel Wetlands Centre once a month (usually the second Sunday) to sit and whittle and swap tips. We display our beautifully carved and painted ducks and birds and are keen to chat to anyone interested. Some of us also meet at Landport, Lewes on most Thursday evenings so let us know if you are interested in joining us . We are keen to keep our connection with Bentley Farm but they cannot accommodate us at the moment.
Published Articles
I have had articles published about my automata and carvings in the BDWCA Wingspan Magazine and in Automata Magazine, an online magazine at www.automatamagazine.com which I can recommend. I have also written some poems but they have not been published.
Ivan Morgan
September 2025
Here is a video of a marble run which is small so has ball bearings instead of marbles. Otherwise it would have been called Don't lose your Marbles! Other videos can be seen by clicking HERE
Welcome to my website.
Talks and Presentations
AutomataFest was a 3-day automata extravaganza which was held in Hastings from 9th-11th May 2025 organised jointly by Automata Magazine and Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. There were presentations by well-known automatists from around the world giving talks and workshops. I gave a talk about including sounds into automata and that was well received. I also took along dozens of my automata for visitors to see and operate. It was great to meet and talk with so many automata enthusiasts from all around the world. Go to AutomataFest.com for details of what went on.
Exhibition at Ringmer Village Hall
20th September 2025
As you can see from other pages of my website I make mechanical models and other weird and wonderful creations. Over the past 20 years we have held Open House exhibitions of things that I have made but as we have now moved to Ringmer I had an exhibition in Ringmer Village Hall displaying all, or nearly all, of my 101 automata and mechanical models. It was really well attended - hundreds of happy smiling visitors operating all the automata. They all survived the ordeal. A few of them just needed a tweak to get them running smoothly again. Thank you all for coming and for the generous donation which have gone to local charities. It was a great day.
Videos
If you haven't been to one of my exhibitions or would like to remind yourself of the automata that you saw on your visit you can view them on my YouTube channel called Positivelycreative (no spaces) or view some of the videos directly from this website. I have had over 490,000 views of my short videos so far.
Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum
The Woodfair at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum had been an excellent venue to display lots of my craftwork and Mechanical Models for many years but, alas, the place has now closed to the public. The Woodfair did take place in 2019 at the end of September and I was there with Bentley Wildlife Carvers. This was the last occasion that we took part because we couldn't get enough of our carving group together to put on a display and we now do not have the facility to store our exhibition equipment on site.
Bentley Wildlife Carvers
The carving group that I belong to is still surviving so if you are interested in wood carving why not join Bentley Wildlife Carvers (visit our website on www.bentleywildlifecarvers.uk). We meet at the Arundel Wetlands Centre once a month (usually the second Sunday) to sit and whittle and swap tips. We display our beautifully carved and painted ducks and birds and are keen to chat to anyone interested. Some of us also meet at Landport, Lewes on most Thursday evenings so let us know if you are interested in joining us . We are keen to keep our connection with Bentley Farm but they cannot accommodate us at the moment.
Published Articles
I have had articles published about my automata and carvings in the BDWCA Wingspan Magazine and in Automata Magazine, an online magazine at www.automatamagazine.com which I can recommend. I have also written some poems but they have not been published.
Ivan Morgan
September 2025
Here is a video of a marble run which is small so has ball bearings instead of marbles. Otherwise it would have been called Don't lose your Marbles! Other videos can be seen by clicking HERE
