Karakuri

Since my order of 

Keisuke Saka's (also info here in English) book "Karakuri" arrived

in the post the other day  

I have been busily making paper automata

from the templates inside, building up an

understanding of how these things work.

I have long been interested in automata 

and this is a great jumping off point for me,

combining paper sculpture and automata
with detailed instructions and templates.