The passing of Keith Newstead is a great loss
to the word of automata. He had a great imagination and was very skilful. He
started from very humble beginnings. I have attached a photo of one of his early
creations… Doyouthinkhesawus. He was generous enough to share some of his
designs on the Instructables web site (see Steam Punk Singing Bird, Eden Project
Collection Box and New York Construction
Worker).
A few
years ago, I asked him for permission to make a copy of his Great Fish Tank in
the Sky and he was very supportive. He said when he was a child he was sad when
his pet fish died – his mother said it had gone to the “Great fish tank in the
sky”.
