My next schools project, beginning after the summer, is a cross
curricular art/science deal to make
collaborative kinetic mobiles from fabric and wire. As
usual, I don't have a clue what I'm going to do. I sat down with my box of bits last night and am pretty pleased with the results. This was a collaboration between myself and my dearly beloved. He did the engineering bit, I did the art. It consists of some stiffened
fabric shapes (ignore the holes - aerodynamics to me is how many bars of bubbly chocolate you can stuff in your mouth at once), some washers for weight and a lo-o-o-
oong spring. The fabric shapes twirl and
birl from of the top of the spring to bottom, pushed by the washers which make a great
sisly wizzly noise as as added bonus. Turn it upside down and it
siszles and twirls back to the other end.
Sometimes it goes quite fast!
There is a wonderful blog called
Bent Objects. The other day he published a mini working with wire
tutorial and this is my first attempt at a wire drawing. Harder than it looks although I must say the resemblance caught
in this self portrait is uncanny.
Off
to play with my
twizzly thing again.
Auch, I just adore it!
Sometimes it goes quite fast!
6 comments:
Good work Grumpy! To be able to make your own toys like this is fantastic. Good work!
Very clever stuff. yAnd, yes your wire drawing looks familiar, a proper little school marm wearing glasses.
I know nothing of aerodynamics either but the holes seem essential to me on an aesthetic basis, fab toy whatever.
That is a very nice self-portrait..I like how it has a definite style to it. (I followed your link over from Terry's blog).
I constantly amazed at the projects you bring with you for the kids. I wish my art teacher had been half as good and interesting, then I might have learnt something at school instead of falling to sleep all the time.
Anyway to the important things in life, you have been tagged: 8 funny anecdotes or factoids about yourself.
Reading about your art-filled life and what you accomplish is just the berries!! Love the whirly thing!!! Evie x
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