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Step Into a World of Hand-Made Mechanical Art

Please stand by. I am away crafting hand‑built kinetic artifacts inspired by forgotten civilizations, impossible mechanisms, and the strange beauty of ancient technology. From motorized Antikythera mechanisms to fully animated automata, you can expect each piece to be engineered to blur the line between history and imagination.

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