tiny eye mech experiment

I have been experimenting with a tiny eye mechanism for an insanely small puppet. The photos show the progression from rod operation to string operated mechs. In the end the attachment of the foam carved head could not be achieved in a way that would allow disassembly for repair and modification. I did manage to figure out how to hammer out spherical eye lids from brass and came up with a nice harness idea for the lids. The side to side eye movement was more difficult which is usually not the case. The real problem for a puppet this small is how to attach the foam head without glue so the head can be taken apart. Overall I think the excercise will help when building larger eye mechs.