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Kinetic
Art is contemporary art
dependent upon movement for its effect.
Fun and whimsical, kinetic sculptures and mechanical
wire sculptures, are a delight and an enjoyment to watch. 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 other fantasy generated motion systems.
In high school I started to play with paperclips, needle nose plyers
and a soldering iron. Untwisting paperclips and then bending into shapes
and connnecting with end loops. Making cam shafts and frames, all soldered
together. I made two airplanes out of paperclips that flew with a small
gas engine, but not so well, kinda heavy. It had a paperclip latice
frame with paper covered wings, those that have build balsa planes will
know what I am talking about along with a .020 gas motor and a .049
motor.
The excessive energy of a chipmonk in an excerize wheel at night
gave me the idea to harness the energy and make a paperclip mechanical
wire sculpture powered by the chipmonk. Let him work for his food. It
worked for about two days and he gave up, would not get back in the
wheel. The machine was electrified and is shown on the home page as
the original machine.
A number of my sculptures have been used in bars and taverns in Vermont
and New Hampshire, Others have been seen on TV and in presentations
to government groups and congress. After a hiatus of a dozen years,
I am getting back into the creation of rolling ball and mechanical wire
sculptures using stainless steel. As time permits I will add more infromation
here. 1-12-2012
1966-1970
Paperclip mouse trap
Paperclip airplane
Larger paperclip airplane
Paperclip chipmonk exersize machine
1970-1990
Boren-Reeder Multiphasic Orbital Organizer
Turkey Tip Titalator
Casey's Caboose Train Tip Collector
Garris Wheel Tip Collector
Mystry Motor mechanical wire sculpture
1990-2010
Rolling Golf Ball Sculpture
Balsam's Sampler
Big Box Bead Chain
CSI-NY Ball Chain Machine
To Dad stainless welded mechanical
2011-
Horse and Hound RBS stainless steel
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