THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS

 These are pictures of the process it took to create this sculpture. There was a lot of wood cutting and gluing that went into the making of this work. The original concept was to use a huge scale and have the objects attached to the ropes be water bottles that were going to have water and food coloring in them. That idea evolved into a smaller scale sculpture with fabric attached at the end of the ropes. Unfortunately things don't always go according to plan so the final idea was to use marbles. The marbles are supposed to represent a ball and while the strings go up and down the marbles will appear to be bouncing as if they were made of rubber. The irony is that marbles are a hard substance that cannot bounce but they do bring an elegant look that flows better with the concept of moving up and down at a steady pace. 

The materials used to create this sculpture was wood board, strings, marbles, light lattice, wooden poles, pipes, and hot glue which attached most of these objects together,

These photos are of the kinetic sculpture while and after it was installed. The wood frame had to be strung up at the corners so that the board would be stable. That part was the most difficult because each side had to be even with one another in order for the crank to rotate smoothly. Then each string had to be individually placed into a separate square that was evenly spaced in order to create a better wave form.

In the end the sculpture turned out to my liking. The only thing I'd improve is the objects on the bottom in order to give the strings more tension so that the motion of the sculpture could be more fluid. The marbles did give it a nice elegant touch and to me they looked good shining in the light. The colors of the marbles also played a part into why I liked how the sculpture turned out.