Meditation #2 - Arthur Ganson

My first machines were all assembled with tin-lead solder, not knowing that this soft solder was structurally unsound and that in time, any part under significant tension would fall apart. Early fragile machines built this way contained many playful mechanical ideas that could no longer be appreciated because the machines themselves were no longer operative. The three meditation pieces are re-creations of particular ideas that I loved and wished to see again.

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[EricJackson6557]

I was hoping to use some of the techniques implemented in this and meditation number 3, but I'm not quite sure how they work. Do you know of any instructional kinetic sculpture site that you could refer me to?

[aeon6flux]

Hi, just wanted to tell you that I really love your sculptures. They've inspired me to take things apart and try to figure how they work. Thanks, and keep up the great work :).

PS: Your TED Talk was great :D really enjoyed it.

-Jason

[TrickWatcher]

very cool!

[w33dbluntz]

hey really cool man. cant belive i really found a solder lead creation :D keep makin um