Crescent

• Limited Edition of 150  
• Size: 40"h x 26"w x 7"d  
• Run Time: 15 Hours  
• Crescent © 2002 
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• Crescent Kinetic Sculpture  
• Crescent Installation Template

About Crescent

 

Sometimes simplicity creates the most interesting and relaxing motion. In this piece I've started with two simple circles. I mounted and balanced them so that their center of balance is very near the rim. The mechanism pushes these offset wheels in opposite directions at varying rates of speed creating a changing pattern of motion and a "flash" as they overlay exactly.

Crescent makes a very quiet clicking sound as the small pawl on each wheel falls against a brass pin. The sound is part of the general ambiance the sculpture creates.