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
The video above is a 30 second QuickTime movie. It shows part of one full cycle of the motion but not all the patterns that occur within a cycle. Most of the wood colors were lost in the conversion to this very compressed web video.
This is a smoother, more accurate representation of the motion of the sculpture than the gif animation. Unfortunately it also takes somewhat longer (about one to two minutes at 56k) to download and requires the most recent version of Apples Quicktime Plugin.
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©2000 David C. Roy