This practical guide explains the full process of designing and making your own automata with paper. Packed with advice and encouragement, it features an irresistible selection of finished examples to give you inspiration and shows you how to breathe life into mechanical characters. Its clear instruction and delightful ideas will be enjoyed by anyone armed with a pair of scissors and a creative imagination. Structures - explains how boxes, linkages, supports and other fixed parts are made, Mechanisms - introduces a variety of techniques that can be used to create unique and interesting movements, Characters - suggests how to design and make characters from paper including animals, people and anthropomorphised everyday objects.