Mechanical sculptor Rob Higgs has built a rather steampunky corkscrew contraption that can open and pour a bottle of wine with the turn of a crank.

The complicated device, which Higgs says might be the largest corkscrew in the world, got a public demo at last year's Taste of London. Its many parts include old wrenches, drills, a fishing arrow and a cannon.

Higgs' previous projects include a similarly-complex mechanical nutcracker.

[twentytwowords]