April 19, 2006
in progress
drawing machine (rocker) 2006, wood, aluminum, motor, 36" x 18" x 24"
Another machine, in progress.
pulley 2006, oil pastel on paper, 22" x 30"
Posted by Roy at 07:02 AM
November 11, 2005
A few sketches
So in addition to the xy plotter project I've been doing some sketches involving simple machines - nothing I plan to build yet - just wanting to get a feel for creating mechanical motion and build a vocabulary. Using foam core and hot glue here to do these quick sketches- works great! Hopefully I've have time before the end of the semester to make a few pieces.
Thinking these will sit on a 12" x 12" base, raised off the floor to chest height by spindly legs of 3/8" round stock that has been forged/shaped to curve. Probably the material will be mild steel that I will sandblast and then rust. These would not be interactive - but would be in continuous motion, driven very slowly by timing motors. I'd like to find a way to hide the motor or place it on the floor so that it's not a visual element.
Lots of different connections or references for these but one of them is the machines that are described as being in Dumbledore's office the the Harry Potter books.
Some small (200k) Flash videos are linked below.
Posted by Roy at 08:48 AM