Books

Making Paper Automata

This practical guide explains the full process of designing and making your own automata with paper. Packed with advice and encouragement, it features an irresistible selection of finished examples to give you inspiration and shows you how to breathe life

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Build It! Make It! Space

Build It! Make It! SPACE: Makerspace Models. Build your Own Alien Spaceship, Flying Rocket, Asteroid Sling Shot Over 25 Awesome Models to Make: Hive | Waterstones | Amz UK | Amz US The fourth book in our best-selling Build it!

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Build It Make It : Dinosaurs

The third book in our best-selling Build it! Make it! series, Dinosaurs! Rob Ives is a genius at engineering models that move, entertain and give hours of fun for everyone. Make… A flying pterosaur glider A snapping Spinosaurus grabber A

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Mythical Models

  Build and decorate 10 incredible, 3D mythical creature models. I was delighted to contribute the paper engineering in this book. Scratch off the black coating to reveal vibrant patterns, or flip the model over and colour it in your

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The Science of Sound

The Science of Sound How does a telephone actually work? What are ultrasounds, and how do they form a picture? Why does your voice sound different to you? Explore the incredible ways that sound is made, heard and works in

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The Science of Seeing

The Science of Seeing “Why is the sky blue? Why do some animals’ eyes appear to glow in the dark? How do optical illusions work? Explore the incredible ways our sense of sight works in the hands-on illustrated guidebook Filled

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Build It! Make It!

Makerspace Models. Build Anything from a Water Powered Rocket to Working Robots to Become a Super Engineer Available now! Hive UK |   Amz UK | Amz US   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Rob Ives

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Sensational Science!

Packed with scientific activities, using items you’d find at home, this brilliant book makes science cool and fun. Become an expert on chain reactions in a bottle, playing with light, understanding how things move, making home-made lightening and more… Over

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Science Lab

Science Lab: An Alien Activity Book I’ve contributed some projects to this book published by Autumn Publishing including a Space Crane and a wind-powered radar! “Build super space racers, make glow-in-the-dark alien slime. design a Martian colony, and more in

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The Human Body

I was lucky enough to contribute some paper projects to the Autumn Publishing book “The Human Body: A Monster Activity Book” My projects from the book include a moving paper hand to pop out and make and a bellows powered

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Build Your Own Mechanical Animals

Build amazing paper creatures that move! Enter a world of cardboard engineering with 10 press-out-and-build models. From a penguin that pops to a monster surprise, amaze your friends with these incredible creations. This book is hard to find! I got

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