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Spring Driven
Kinetic Art
Limited Edition of 36
Size: 46"h x 36"w x 9"d
Power Source: negator spring
Approximate Run Time: 7.5 hours
Summer Rain ©2010
Price $1950.00
Summer Rain is a breakthrough sculpture for me incorporating motion, sound and a new type of drive mechanism.
Three overlapping wheels, composed of nested circle forms create a pattern that suggests ripples in a pond. The motion is accompanied by the very soft, melodic tinkling sound of small wood levers striking different lengths of thin brass rods. The motion and sound makes me think of a gentle summer rain.
The mechanism was the most challenging part of this sculpture. My original design proved too inefficient and complicated. I found that I had trouble setting it up and I knew from previous experience if I found setting up one my pieces to be a challenge, others would have nothing but problems with it. I lived with the first version for a number of months trying a number of little fixes. Nothing worked so I put it aside for several months but kept thinking about it. I finally hit on a simple solution that actually used fewer parts, was more reliable and ran longer. Sometimes it pays to stop playing and just think about things although usually I'd rather just play!
