Fiesta Kinetic Sculpture

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 Fiesta kinetic sculpture by David C. Roy
 

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Spring Driven
Kinetic Art

Limited Edition of 95
Size: 30”h x 25”w x 7”d
Power Source: spring
Approximate Run Time: 12 hours

Fiesta ©2009                          Price: $1150 

Fiesta started out as a completely different sculpture. My original idea was to experiment with a strong optical patterning piece that used the mechanism I developed for Journey. I knew I wanted two patterning wheels moving in opposite directions and one had to be a double wheel in order to make the mechanism work. I drew up the wheels and played with different shapes and wheel color combinations. I grew very excited with simple partial spiral curves and the dark-light-dark color combination. It made a dotted spiral pattern that I hadn't seen before.

I built the first prototype. It worked well and I lived with it in the studio for a few months. Eventually I came to the conclusion that although the mechanism worked well enough it didn't really show the patterning well. It was too random.

Back to the drawing board! This time I drew up a sculpture using a "Radiance" type mechanism using the new patterning wheels. I knew that this mechanism created a constantly shifting but more regular patterning and had a long run time.

I built another prototype and it worked out as I had hoped. I've been living with it for several months and still smile when I come into the room where the sculpture is moving.

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Comments via YouTube:

  • "wonderful :) and trippy :P" - 2-12-09 rbarbhuiyan

Comments via Website:

• "It's really a fair price for a peice of art like that!! I wish I had the money to buy it. It is so beautiful, i just cant stare away from the screen... Mesmerizing art of motion! Yhanks for creating that!"

-2.6.10 -J.P.Quebec, Canada

• "Installed Fiesta #1 on wall of log home. Looks great! Very mesmerizing. Love David's work! Ordered Shimmer, too." -11.30.09 -CB - Maryland

• "I love this one, its reminds me of Radiance. the first piece I bought, so I guess I'm biased." -2.25.09 -BD

• "This is Vasarely in motion!"
-5.1.09 -anon.

Comments via Blog Post:

• "This is amazing.... Great work. And thx for the in depth explanation :" -4-9-09 - Wyseur

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