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Creaky clockwork collection at the Art Workers Guild 2025

Posted on September 28, 2025 by SallyK

What do strange scissors, miniature beds, creaky clockwork, novelty erasers, tools of the stuccatore and coffin photos all have in common?  They’re some of the thirty subjects of obscure enthusiasms who appeared, with their owners, one day recently in Bloomsbury … Continue reading →

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When Sally Kindberg and her robots went south

Posted on March 20, 2023 by SallyK

Last week I visited the Bargehouse on the river Thames’s south bank, site of a remarkable exhibition twenty-five years ago, held at the Museum Of, and organised by curator Clare Patey. During the exhibition, a film crew from Welsh TV … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg at the Primrose Hill Art Trail

Posted on June 16, 2021 by SallyK

Great fun to be part of the Primrose Hill Art Trail last sunday, see other artists’ work on display in windows etc, and do a bit of chalking in the children’s activity area.

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Sally Kindberg’s robots in Primrose Hill

Posted on July 26, 2020 by SallyK

On the afternoon of August 2nd, some of my robots took part in Primrose Hill Community Association’s Art Trail.  Having dusted them and wound them up, I activated them on the hour (or maybe they activated me) on my windowsill. … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and the importance of green spaces

Posted on June 7, 2020 by SallyK

The first place I visited when I was well enough after having the Corona virus was the Adelaide Community Garden, where I have a tiny square (3′ x 3′) of herbs – rosemary, Moroccan mint, thyme and hyssop, all planted … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s workspace

Posted on May 2, 2019 by SallyK

When the robots cried “Dust us!” I knew it was time to stop work for a while and do a bit of spring cleaning on the shelf above my work desk.  The dusting must have activated some of their mechanisms … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and robots

Posted on February 11, 2017 by SallyK

  This week to the London Science Museum‘s brilliant Robot exhibition full of mechanical delights as well as hoards of over-excited school children. Ate ‘nuts and bolts’ from a robot tub at the cafe and pondered artificial intelligence.  Will be going back.  Some … Continue reading →

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Christmas at Kindberg Towers

Posted on December 23, 2016 by SallyK

Great to have friends round at Kindberg Towers and celebrate Solstice and Christmas etc.  The figure on the left is a replica of one of the wonderful Lewis chessmen – a Queen discovered in Uig on the west coast of the Isle … Continue reading →

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Primrose Hill walls and shelves

Posted on November 8, 2016 by SallyK

When not working at my desk I can get distracted by arranging stuff on my shelves and pin boards.  Every item has a story to tell, so it’s like assembling a visual diary.  Some robots have been consigned to a … Continue reading →

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