Her bust heaves simulating breathing.

The feet swing backwards and forwards and then swing forwards together when she looks in her mirror. A difficult feat to accomplish. (excuse the pun).

Brass eye mechanism inside the head.

The lady is carved out to lime wood. She sits on a beautiful oak plinth. The mechanism is mainly cut from beech wood for strength. Some critical parts are cut from high quality birch ply for absolute stability. These are varnished red.
The brass axle ends sit in nylon bushings for smooth quiet running.

A complicated mechanism that runs consistently and smoothly with nylon rollers. All cams are finished with several coats of wax acrylic varnish.

The crank has a screw fitting onto the axle allowing it to be replaced with a pulley if it was ever desired to motorise the automaton for exhibition.
The wooden crank handle rotates on its axles.