Free Standing Sculpture
Rolling Eye
77” tall
 
Oar in the Wind
107” tall
Emma’s Balance
115” tall
Folding One
108” tall
Oar in the Wind
107” tall
Sentinel
144” tall
Feathers
88” tall
Rambunctious Child
124” tall
Troika 
120” tall
 
 
 
These are multiple degree of freedom systems that are activated by the observer or the wind. Once started with a push the pieces will move for several minutes. My main interests are the motion of the elements; how that motion changes as it decays; the relationships between each of the elements as they move; and finally the interaction with the observer. The observer influences the motion pattern by choosing the initial conditions, angle and velocity of the elements. The motion pattern can also be changed by adjusting the length, hence frequency, of the pendulums.