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