
Spring Driven
Kinetic Art
Limited Edition of 75
Size:48"h x 42"w x 7"d
Additional 12" needed below for weights
Power Source: negator spring
Approx. Run Time: 2.5-3 hours
Reflections ©1993
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Floating bird-like motions are becoming a common theme of mine. I'm fascinated by the way a horizontal form carried by two off-axis wheels evokes the feeling of flight.
In Reflections, I've taken advantage of a smaller, more compact drive mechanism I designed last year to create a piece with two independent "flying" motions. Each "bird" follows its own path of motion, randomly spiraling, hovering, or floating up and down or side to side. When the spirit moves them, the birds move together like a synchronized flying team. At other times they follow one another through a series of complex maneuvers and then totally lose it and do their own thing for a while!