Bird Mobile Swallows Swifts Kinetic Art Sculpture Handmade especially for you! Ships in 8 business days. Approx Measurements - 24" wide x 36" tall. Birds measure 5" at their widest points. Handmade especially for you Ships fully assembled via USPS Priority Mail worldwide Lightweight - moves easily indoors with the air currents of a room - place near a/c vent, ceiling fan or heater Made for indoor exhibit only Constructed with semi-rigid plastic material about the thickness of a credit card to keep the sculpture light and moving in very light air currents Features stainless steel rods and a sealed ball bearing swivel NOT A TOY - This sculpture is for visual stimulation only - Keep out of reach of little hands and paws Here is a video of the blue bird mobile
A bronze piece by Brazilian artist Albano Afonso uses multiple sets of dangling hands that mimic shadow puppetry. Titled “Os Pássaros e o Lobo,” or “The Birds and the Wolf,” the sculpture is illuminated by a light projector, casting dark silhouettes on the wall behind it that resembles a mobile of active animals. In a statement, Afonso is described as being “interested in the anatomy of light: its intensity or softness, its ability to both illuminate and obscure, its sources, its symbolic and utilitarian uses, and its beauty.” You can follow his light-sensitive projects on Instagram. More
Mobile of the Rainbow Lights by Julia Condon. 2016 Counter-balanced sculpture made of glass, stainless steel, quartz crystal, tourmaline, rose, quartz, turquoise, fluorite, coral, amethyst, carnelian, hand painted glass and other assorted crystals.
Details This lightweight mobile is made of silver leaf on acrylic, painted with transparent grayish green. Size: 32" H x 24" W
I love art, especially sculpture. I love the great modernist pieces, and also pieces from the sixties and seventies and up until now, like Alexander Calder, Antony Caro, Donald Judd and Anish Kapoor. To name a few... A couple of years ago, when I visited Chicago, I went to see the Alexander Calder Flamingo sculpture (1973) on Federal plaza. It's an amazing piece of art. Flanked by the gorgeous and serene black glass and steel buildings by Mies van der Rohe (another great favorite), the sculpture is like a rebellion, a giant bright red explosion in the middle of the plaza. Calder gave the stabile its color, which has come to be called "Calder red", to offset it from the black and steel surroundings. The stabile is an art form which Calder pioneered. It is an abstract structure that is completely stationary, as opposed to a mobile, which can move with air currents. You've probably seen his mobiles? If you haven't, check them out, they're great. Calder was commissioned to design the sculpture because the space, surrounded by rectangular modern buildings, needed the kind of arching forms and dynamic surfaces that a large-scale Calder stabile could provide. Calder unveiled the model for Flamingo on April 23, 1973 at the Art Institute of Chicago, the sculpture was presented to the public for the first time on October 25, 1974, at the same time that his Universe mobile was unveiled at what was then known as the Sears Tower. Calder's structure is a prominent example of the constructivist movement, first popularized in Russia in the early 20th century. Constructivism refers to sculpture that is made from smaller pieces which are joined together. Finally a great picture of Calder in his studio, (from the book Calder by Jacob Baal- Teshuva) surrounded by his amazing mobiles and stabiles. What a guy!
I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge construction paper scissors hole punch pliers (note: I didn't have any pliers so I just did this with my hands) AND A BALANCING FINGER Ms. Wiseman tells us mobiles are built from the bottom up. Aha! Now for my second mobile. I made this mobile using Ann Wiseman's illustrations and Peel & Stick Foam Sheets. If you choose to make these multiple tier wire mobiles, try it yourself first, be patient, and expect a lot trial and error. Balancing those wires [...]
Act of Cluster Woman
Work by Laurent Martin-Lo, a British sculptor who uses his deep knowledge on the properties of bamboo to create tension, weight and movement in his hanging sculptures.
I made this mobile last weekend for one of my little friends for her first birthday: It was more fun and challenging than I expected, but I am so happy with how it turned out. It was not easy to make each piece spin freely without ever crashing into the others, so it took a lot of careful adjusting. I added some nature treasures that I had gathered and enjoyed over the years, and it was so gratifying to see them in this new way. I spent a lot of time thinking about the textures and weights and how to make them balance both physically and aesthetically. This is one of my favorite parts: The crow feather is so light that it catches every small puff of wind, and it spins more easily than the other elements. I put a small metal weight on the tip in order to make it hang horizontally. Here's a closer look: I've had the abalone shell for many years, and have always loved how rough and dark it is on one side and pearly iridescent on the other. I wanted some other shiny elements to catch her little eye, so I wrapped some sections of the apple branches with pieces of wire that used to belong to my grandmother. The smooth, dark branches were gleaned from our favorite apple ranch, and the others are fallen sycamore branches from trees in our neighborhood. Now I want to make another.
dec. 2012
DESCRIPTION 004/C. Mobile Origami "Double helix of butterflies and pearls" Green and yellow version, consisting of 32 origami butterflies and 32 pearls. Raw wood support. Fully handmade. SIZE: 60 cm high / 22 cm in diameter approximately. CUSTOMIZATION: This item can be made on request, especially with the paper colors of your choice. PACKAGING: the mobile is packed in 2 sheets of white silk and then deposited in a secure cardboard package 5 cm thick to avoid any movement during delivery. GIFT: if you wish to have this item delivered directly to a recipient of your choice, it is possible to slip an accompanying message. Do not hesitate to contact us and see our other models: https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/LaSardineMobile?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1034172283 Our mobiles are above all decorative objects and absolutely not toys. As such, our items are not subject to the standards for baby toys and objects.
Hanging from the ceiling like candy-colored droplets, the paper-pulp mobiles by Yuko Nishikawa turn a stark gallery into a whimsical dreamscape. The Brooklyn-based artist fashions wide, sloping vessels and punctured rings from recycled packages, old diaries, sketches, and other waste materials, forming individual pods that attach to sprawling metal armature. Ephemeral in material and design, each piece is created with the intention that it will be unassembled and reverted back to its muddled form for resculpting. More
