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Sycamore Seed steel and bronze kinetic sculpture
The Sycamore Seed kinetic sculpture is made from oxidised steel, cold cast bronze and has stainless steel bearings. It measures 3.5 x 2.5m and is a two-fold homage to nature, the seed form and the wind. This sculpture was the result of six months of research and experimentation. Precision ball bearings and precise, delicate weighting enables the
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Small Sycamore Seed cold cast bronze kinetic sculpture
The Sycamore Seed kinetic sculpture is made from oxidised steel, cold cast bronze and has stainless steel bearings. It measures 3.5 x 2.5m and is a two-fold homage to nature, the seed form and the wind.
This sculpture was the result of six months of research and experimentation. Precision ball bearings and precise, delicate weighting enables the work to be set in motion by the slightest breeze.
At rest the sculpture has a simple beauty and symmetry; when the wind blows it comes to life in an ever-changing pattern of turns and oscillations.
The movement of the kinetic seed sculpture is possible through the laws of physics that govern pendulums and compound pendulums and the use of precision-housed ball bearings. Within each of the seed pods and the vertical shaft there is a double race bearing. This allows each of the seed pods to rotate in an angled plane 360° whilst at the same time both seed pods can rotate 360° around the central column.
Specifications
Size (approx): 3.5 x 2.5m - available at various heights up to 4.5m
