Soaring is a large sculpture composed of two "bird" forms performing an intricate dance of swoops and glides. One bird soars through a large 6 foot diameter circle at various speeds while the other proscribes a random pattern of ellipses within the larger circle. Elegantly elongated forms create visual poetry of spacious movement played out over time. The dance is constantly changing but remains fluid and stately throughout.
The motion in Soaring is driven by a double constant force spring mechanism that uses two winding wheels and a system of pulleys to deliver the energy to the small random escapement mechanism. Like many of my longer running sculptures this piece only gets a "push" when it runs out of energy and needs one.
Limited Edition of 24
Size: 64"h x 72"w x 6"d
Power Source: negator spring
Approximate Run Time: 9 hoursEditon completed.
Soaring ©1999 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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©2000 David C. Roy