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Kinetic Sculpture


Kinetic Sculpture Model


Client Objective: Produce a functional kinetic surfboard sculpture.

Inspiration

John and Nate Tyler
Geometrix | JOHN TYLER | www.sculpturesite.com
https://www.facebook.com/JohnTylerKineticSculpture/videos/631286541592098/
Nate Tyler – InterFusion Art
Improvisation II | hawthorne

George Rickey
A technology of kinetic art*
George Rickey Foundation—Bibliography
https://research.frick.org/directory/viewItem/2021
George Rickey’s Life in Motion*
https://review.kasmingallery.com/weekend-long-reads/a-technology-of-kinetic-art
https://www.georgerickey.org/themes/movement
Curious George
Two Open Trapezoids: Excentric V by George Rickey - MOA
Three Squares Gyratory (Getty Museum)
Within the Poetry of Motion: George Rickey - Sculpture
https://lynden.tours/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/George-Rickey Peristyle–Three-Lines.pdf

Len Lye
DESIGN AND MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE KINETIC SCULPTURE BLADE - S.D. Gooch

Jonathan Prince
Jonathan Prince Studio

Jeffery Laudenslager
Jeffery Laudenslager

Other Builds
Building a Kinetic Wind Sculpture : 11 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

Design

Mechanical Theory

Weighted Pendulums

Construction

Hardware

Knife edge bearings (too sensitive and exposed for large outdoor works) Gimbals

Shock absorbers to stop Ball bearings, encased in bearing housings (more precise and secure)

Materials

best material to make outdoor kinetic metal sculptures out of?

Stainless steel (marine grade?) Mild Steel Copper Aluminum Bronze

  • too heavy