The Snake Boy Mix Machine

The static Snake Boy Mix Machine is actually a 19th-century copy of a sculpture of the infant Hercules wrestling a snake. Obviously the snake was removed! It was fitted with a big cast-iron pump from a well, a stack of musical instruments and cogs from the scrap yard and giant tailor’s scissors from Peter Von’s aunt in Adelaide. A cast-iron fry pan and a great cast-iron flywheel start it all up!

Over the years, The Snake Boy Mix Machine has survived many such guerrilla raids, losing all the lovely gas ring burners, almost all the brass dome nuts, the ancient fire extinguisher and nearly the giant tailor’s scissors – three times! The heavyweight clear plastic guards are basically there to keep the public OUT.