Falling Water
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 8:34PM The first thing I did when I knew the sale of Seascape was going through was to start work on a replacement. It's taken several months but this week I installed Falling Water. This is an ambitious piece with 5 independent patterning wheels and 3 drive springs. It runs for about 21 hours per winding. The sound it makes is a pleasantly random soft clicking that you only hear if you listen for it.
Marji came up with the name shortly after seeing the first animation test. We both knew it was right as soon as she said it.
The wall the sculpture is mounted on is 14 feet high. My shop has only 10 foot ceilings. I had to mount the sculpture sideways to set it up and get it going. I spent a lot of time with my head twisted sideways trying to get an idea of how it would look vertical!
This is my largest and most complex sculpture to date. I wasn't sure if it would work as planned. In the end it took a few days of tweaking to get it to work reliably but that is one of my favorite parts of designing. It is when the sculpture teaches me!
Reader Comments (1)
It looks beautiful! I can't wait to see it in person.
Posted @ Monday, January 25, 2010 12:46 PM by K