Earlier this summer, my brother re-expressed his fondness of a kinetic sculpture I designed and my Dad helped assemble years ago, so Dad suggested we build him one for his birthday. I completely redesigned the frame and changed the panels a bit while Dad made a jig for the hooks and a spacing gauge. Took us a good while to construct it. 75 panels cut to size, 150 handmade hooks, hanging them all evenly spaced... you get the idea.
I like how it turned out though, and my brother sounded like he really liked it when he got it. I hope it's as pleasing to watch as the first sculpture is.
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I want it!
ReplyDeleteHow does it move? Can you post a YouTube video?
On a totally unrelated matter... may I get your brother's home address?
:-)
That just looks totally cool.
ReplyDeleteI love it too! Yes, I'd also like to know how it moves.
ReplyDeletedave2: It's meant to go outside where the wind causes it to ripple. The pattern varies from what I call "flapper dress" with all the panels going up like fringe when it's super windy to "scoreboard" where the panels move across in wave patterns, reflecting the colors around them.
ReplyDeleteI do have video of my first sculpture in motion somewhere. I'll look for it once I get my computer moved upstairs.
As for my bro's address, I assume you'll want it after he's got the sculpture up in his yard, right? ;)
iron fist: thanks! I let the panels be a little convex on the latest iteration, and it looked pretty sweet when we ran a test with a fan.
elisabeth: Thanks! As I said above, it's all about the wind. Really doesn't take much to get the panels moving, and as I understand it, it's really windy where my brother lives now. Should be quite a sight, from either side of the new one.
OK - that's super cool! And I agree - I totally want to see a video of it in action. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny! Posting video is totally on my list of things to do. Sometime this coming week with any luck...
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