This is so good it's almost depressing! The creativity, detail, and execution of the whole piece - all of it is just amazing. I envy your accomplishments.
Brilliant work. I love these rolling ball sculptures and this is one of the most innovative I've seen. Some excellent use of mechanical movements rarely seen in sculpture, and the use of light and sound enhance it beautifully. Well done.
Wonderfully done - both the mechanical/engineering aspect (as I write down ideas to try ;) ), and artistically! For the triple set of raising claws, does each rising claw trigger a gate on the claw below it releasing the ball into the next one? And do you have any detailed video of the multi-ball releases? I'm doing something like that (in a very different medium), but your method looks much smoother than mine.
At the end of the video is a somewhat close-up view. The vertical shaft rotates 3 balls which have bearings around the balls at an angle. So the claws not only go up and down, but tilt back-and-forth. No gates. This was quite a trick to get it all working smoothly. If this does not answer your question well enough, let me know, and I'll try to tell more.
Wow, that's amazing! Very well made!
ZentaOlbaid 1 month ago
Wow! fantastic! :) mind blowing!
margielakekitty 1 year ago
This is so good it's almost depressing! The creativity, detail, and execution of the whole piece - all of it is just amazing. I envy your accomplishments.
ttharold 1 year ago
Fantastic! True craftsmanship!
TheAdLab 1 year ago
Nice to see the finished product! Well done Vic!
Randemthinking 1 year ago
Thank you all for your nice comments, they are appreciated!
Vic
chaneyv4 1 year ago
Brilliant work. I love these rolling ball sculptures and this is one of the most innovative I've seen. Some excellent use of mechanical movements rarely seen in sculpture, and the use of light and sound enhance it beautifully. Well done.
CornishMiner 1 year ago
Wonderfully done - both the mechanical/engineering aspect (as I write down ideas to try ;) ), and artistically! For the triple set of raising claws, does each rising claw trigger a gate on the claw below it releasing the ball into the next one? And do you have any detailed video of the multi-ball releases? I'm doing something like that (in a very different medium), but your method looks much smoother than mine.
Again, fantastic job!
brdavis5 1 year ago
@brdavis5
At the end of the video is a somewhat close-up view. The vertical shaft rotates 3 balls which have bearings around the balls at an angle. So the claws not only go up and down, but tilt back-and-forth. No gates. This was quite a trick to get it all working smoothly. If this does not answer your question well enough, let me know, and I'll try to tell more.
Vic
chaneyv4 1 year ago
Bravo! How imaginative!
d1ver9e 1 year ago
What a stunning piece of art!
Kairah89 1 year ago