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Oskar’s Wooden Ark stocks a wide range of Mader Spinning Tops as well as other beautiful Mader toys such as skipping ropes, kaleidoscopes and yoyos. Each piece is made by hand in the foothills of the Austrian Alps from local wood sources - some requiring up to 20 different steps to reach completion. Mader Spinning Tops & Toys was founded by Klaus Mader in 1991 but these beautiful wooden toys only made their way to Australia through Oskar’s Wooden...

Designer Pat Kim creates lathe-turned wooden tops from leftover material and uses them for unconventional swatches - a unique and playful way to envision finishes for future products. This set of five tops is a fun reflection of Kim's broader studio practice, which focuses on material experimentation and traditional craft. Keep them spinning and admire them resting nearby. Beech 2.5" x 1.6" x 1.6"

In this beautifully filmed short video Glenn Lucas turns a spinning top. http://glennlucaswoodturning.com Click here to see Glenn’s line of ... Read more

There are few childhood toys that are more universal than the top. Who doesn’t remember playing with one as a child? You could get them for a quarter from those...

Spin, 2015 - Spin is a site-specific sculpture in the form of a spinning top at the iconic Ark Building in Hammersmith. The building sits on ancient Neolithic settlements that would have occupied this area of London. The spinning top is one of the oldest recognisable toys found on the site so was the perfect inspiration for the sculpture.

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