I would love to get to see this creative musical kinetic sculpture in person. There is just so much to experience here!
The machine was designed and built by Martin Molin. The audio track of the performance is available here.
A Different Point of View
Silver Symphony is one of my favorite all time pieces. I have been exploring Instagram which allows short videos in a square format. It has inspired me to look at my sculptures from different angles. Here is Silver Symphony from worm's eye view.
You can follow my photographic explorations on instagram at #woodthatworks.
How to Wind Infinity
The winding techniques for may of David's sculptures is obvious - you simply turn the winding wheel. But sculptures like Infinity and Nautilus have no winding wheel. Since pictures are better than words, and for kinetic sculpture, videos are better than pictures, David created a short video demonstrating the winding of Infinity.
Here is a link to more information about the Infinity kinetic sculpture.
Infinity is here!
A new sculpture has just been added to the Wood That Works line. I have been working on it, refining it and living with it for a long time. The resulting motion is filled with subtle variations that keep it interesting. It is always a challenge to show the depth of variation in a short video. So I made two. The first is the quick 2 minute variety including detail shots. But then I also created an extended video for those that like to explore the variations that happen over time. Check them out!
The short version is first.........
Followed by the long version.....
Wikipedia Listing
by Marji
This past month an informative article about David has been added to the pages of Wikipedia. I don't know if it has crossed your radar or not but here is a link.
Over the years David's name has appeared on Wikipedia in articles about kinetic sculpture, been placed there by others, and then been removed by the Wikipedia Jedi for lack of print substantiation. This past fall I did a major renovation of the office and my craft room, and in so doing cleaned and organized all the paper files. I pulled together all the various print articles written about David over the past 35 years and filed them together. That was a little trip down memory lane for sure.
A few months later our daughter voiced her opinion that she thought it was high time for Dad to be on Wikipedia. As a birthday gift she was going to work the magic to see if she could make it happen. Apparently, there is a process, and requirements and she had acquaintances that knew the how to. But they couldn't guarantee it would stick. That is where my file of articles and online links came in to help. Yes, there is now enough third party information printed about David and much of it is referenced at the end of the Wikipedia article. I especially loved the article printed in the Baltimore Sun written by Carl Schoettler back in 1978. He was quite a wordsmith. Echo "looks like a spinning wheel for ghost tales at midnight. Serendipity is a small device that might measure rainbows." Enjoy.