Commissioned kinetic portraits and couples’ automata workshops
Put your love story into wonderfully peculiar motion.
Tom Haney Automata
Tom Haney accepts custom moving sculptures, including portraits of a client or loved one with personalized details. His Black Mountain studio also offers tailored automata-making instruction, with the possibility of two friends or partners learning mechanical devices, figure carving and found-object construction together.
Current location note / listed area: Black Mountain, North Carolina
Custom art and small studio instruction, not an advertised wedding package or large guest activation. Workshops span one to four days and request at least a month’s notice. Confirm mechanism, commission lead time, fragile-object handling and operation; studio visits require advance arrangements.
Public-source research · 2026-10-29 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://www.tomhaney.com/commission-process
- https://www.tomhaney.com/contact
- https://www.tomhaney.com/workshops
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- North Carolina · based
Official pages describe the advertised service and identify Black Mountain, North Carolina.