The floating motion of this sculpture is one of my favorites. The dark wave-like form moves through a variety of complex patterns as the motion assembly rotates. At times the wave form hovers at rest for a few moments, centered in its carrying wheels, then it breaks out and begins a new set of patterns.
My daughters Amy and Karen helped in the naming of this piece. At the first family viewing of my new work, I pumped them for name ideas. Karen said that it reminded her of waves in the ocean and then Amy said "Castaway" and we all knew it was right.
Limited Edition of 150
Size:42"h x 45"w x7"d
Power Source: negator spring
Approx. Run Time: 3 hoursEdition sold out
Castaway ©1994 David C. Roy
Animated gif-formatted drawings work well when using Netscape Navigator 3, Microsoft Explorer 3 or more recent versions of these browsers. The gif animation will repeat itself and play more rapidly when the page has finished loading. It takes 1-2 minutes for all the frames of the animation to load. This type of animation is very compact and works well over the Internet but it has it's limitations. The speed that the animation plays back at depends on the viewing application that you are using and the speed of your computer. In order to keep load times short I have only used enough frames to give a brief idea of the motion. This should only be considered a brief sketch of the motion.
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