Legendary Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump with a few of his kinetic mobiles and sculptures, c.1963. Incredibly cool.
Want to make your own mobile? Here's a fantastic "how to published in Popular Science Monthly, December 1954. This abstract pattern was designed by John Lynch of New York City's Museum of Modern Art:
1. Cut abstract shapes from cardboard or light-gauge sheet metal.
2. For the arms, bend the ends of soft 16-gauge wire into loops and attach the cut-out shapes.
It's all about balance.
Way Cool!
ReplyDeleteyou're so right - incredibly cool! thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love all of Rolly Crump's designs. I wish I had gotten to see the Tower of the Four Winds, but ever so slightly before my time.
ReplyDeleteWhere on earth did you find that?
ReplyDeletethis is absolutely great!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to try this (using plastic).
ReplyDeleteThe picture isn't clear to me how the arms attach to one another.
Any help out there?
I have this book too. Its awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it.