Links for explorations, inspirations, and day dreaming..... Enjoy!
Other Kinetic Artists of Interest:
Artists of Interest • Other media:
Kinetic Art Organizations:
Kinetic Art Organization
The Rolling Ball Web
An Online Compendium of Rolling Ball Sculptures, Clocks, and information on the rolling-ball e-mail Discussion List.
Interesting Kinetic Sites:
John Whitney: Digital Harmonies
Kmoddle: Kinetic Models for Design Digital Library
Virtual Mechanisms Animated by Java
Cabaret Mechanical Theater
http://koolkinetics.com/
"This site is dedicated to those who mix mechanics with art and develop "Rube Goldberg" type machines, wind powered mobiles, rolling ball powered sculptures and fantasy computer generated motion systems."
The Mobile factory - by Unigami
Beautiful hanging mobiles in the Calder tradition.
Rudiments of Mechanics for Artists
A wiki with some ideas on creating kinetic sculptures.
About Rolling Ball Sculptures and Kinetic Art
A website "devoted to the subject of Kinetic Art, Rolling Ball Sculptures, Automata, weird machines and wooden and paper mechanics."
How to Make a Rolling Ball Sculpture
Complicated Mechanisms Explained
Mechanisms 101:making engineering accessible to all! interactive animations in engineering education
MakingThingsMove.com: This is the blog about Dustyn Roberts book for Artists on how to make things move. The site includes a resource tab filed with resources to go along with the projects.
Sculpture Parks to Visit:
Storm King: Mountainville, NY. • This is a favorite of ours and well worth the drive to get to. If you visit be sure to hike out to see Any Goldsworthy's stone wall.
Grounds for Sculpture: • Trenton, NJ • We generally visit here every year. Not only have they created beautiful locations for sculptures outdoors, they have indoor galleries with wonderful sculpture shows as well.
Andre Art Institute: • Brookline, NH • Thanks to collector J.S from Hollis, NH for this lead. It is on our "to-Do" list.
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum • Lincoln, MA • Great for an afternoon trip near Boston.
Other Blogs of Interest:
The Automata/Automaton Blog by Dug North
The Blog for makers and collectors of Mechnaical Automata and Mechancial Toys
Art Machines:The art of the machine and the machines of art
Machine Thinking: art, desing, architecture, machines
Ashbee Design: A blog by Marji about living creatively - It is what keeps her busy when she isn't working on Wood That Works stuff!
Clocks:
Clock and Watch Escapement Mechanics in Motion.
Animations showing how a wide variety of escapements work.
Holmes Clock Works
Amazing mechanical binary clock built out of wood.
Wood Clock plans and kits
I do not sell or give out plans for my sculptures. If you would like a building challenge take a look at this site. They might have what you want.
Clayton Boyer Plans Another place to get plans.
Wooden Works Clocks
Overview of wood clockworks and mechanisms.
Big Book of Wooden Clocks
29 Favorite Projects and Patterns - Scheduled for release in July of 2009
Wooden Clocks: 31 Favorite Projects & Patterns (Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Book)
Sites explaining Escapement Mechanisms
Escapements
How Stuff Works
A Simple Escapement Mechanism • It's a wrap
Other books:
507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices
Theo Jansen: The Great Pretender
1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances (Dover Science Books)
Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists by Dustyn Roberts
Automata:
Tom Haney