EYE - Kinetic Sculpture

Sculpture stands 8 feet high. 8-13-2009

Each circle is able to move on it's own

Archway in Fall

The Bean Catcher

I haven't been posting much at all, to say the least this has been a unusual summer. I just finished this project over the last couple of weekends. I think it came out pretty cool.
We were kicking around some ideas to do different din the garden next year,I got this idea for "The Bean Catcher". The plan is to plant the beans around it next year and let them climb. I think it will work pretty good.

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Trees as Sculptures

I came across this site. It's not in Minnesota but it's really neat. The artist has trained the trees into unique sculptures. Check it out here
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Pond OverLord

This little Pond OverLord has been observing the activities in the lower ponds for many years. Thinking about what to do next.  I found out a long time ago that ceramic sculpture outside in the Minnesota winters had better be high fired or it will absorb moisture and break or moisture trapped in a pocket and unable to drain out will cause it to break.   
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Meditation Rock

This is a meditation area, it is in a quiet part of the garden. There is a rock path to it. When you sit on the large rock you can put the coffee cup on the floating rock and lean into the arm rest. On the left is a grassy hill and my sand garden. From here one looks down the hill. Where all the busyness goes on.
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Old Ponds

The decison has been made to rubberize all the ponds including the dogleg. The bottom pond while still working pretty well is being encrouched upon by plants around some of the edges breaking the concrete. So it can't be filled to it's max depth. So with a sale on the rubber happening we decided to go for it. I am going to have to shrink size the bottom pond a little as the measurements are a little over 10 feet. Not wanting to special order the membrane size adjustments are in order.
There are a lot of sites that show how to build ponds, I am curious what others look like after a long period of time. Ours has gone through many changes over the years. I'm sure others have also. One thing no one seems to hear as how high maintenance they can be. I'd love to see pics of other folks ponds.
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Tall Rock Sculpture

My computer hard drive ' broke' a couple of weeks ago and it has taken me this long to be able to get back to posting. It's amazzing how much stuff a person has on their drive without backing it up !!
Anyway.
I'd seen in the corners of farmers fields, where they had used heavy wire as an enclosure, filling them with rocks. They are basicly corner markers. I thought of modifing the idea by welding together a wire framework, it's about 10 feet tall and the column is 4x7 inches. I am not finished with it, looking for more quartz rocks for the flower on top. It is well embeded in the ground.

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Moon Phases in the Garden

This stainless steel sculpture called "Moon Phases" was made a number of years ago. A composer I know from Minneapolis, Paul Dice, liked to experiment with percussion sounds. At the time. He dribbled pennys over it, used different sticks and mallets to get different tones. He even took it on the road, borrowing it to play in several performances of his. Even at the State Fair one year. This summer I moved it and created a homage to Paul's Art. I sprinkled about $10 in pennys on it letting them fall where they may. My grandkids had a little trouble dealing with the idea that they were not supposed to pick up the 'money' which now I view as integral to the sculpture, repeating the the larger forms. With Hostas growing around the base.
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Sculpture in the garden

This is one of the sculptures I made that is in the garden. It is about 7 feet tall. Made out of welded steel cement nails. It faces west so late in the summer afternoon the front is lite up brightly and gets a golden look. A unexpected function was when birds made made a nest in the head.
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