Custom Scupltures made from recycled metal by my friend Tom Samui
My elementary and middle school friend Tom Samui from Switzerland makes these custom sculptures (up to 26 feet/8 meter tall!) out of recycled car and motorcycle pieces. More info and images …
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New Modern Mobiles
Time to add the new images of the acrylic glass mobiles to the collage. Looks pretty good together I think. Still considering that postcard …
You can see more of my mobiles in the art mobile section …
I’m always a little unsure about calling my mobiles “modern”. Modern as in abstract sure, and obviously Alexander Calder’s mobiles were modern. But “modern” really means artistic works made between the 1860s and 1970s. Modernism? Retro style? Maybe contemporary? Post-modern? Are we in post-post-modern yet?
Four new acrylic glass mobiles
Each element in these hanging mobiles can rotate independently full circle.
The circular discs are made of transparent acrylic glass (also known as transparent plexi glass), a type of plastic that looks like glass but does not break.
These mobiles create moving colored circles on the floor, wall or ceiling when a spotlight is pointed at it.
They are only 12 inches / 31 cm tall which makes them ideal for standard 8 foot / 2.4 meter ceilings.
See more of my mobile sculptures made with acrylic glass.
New Art Mobile 84
Height: 12 inches (31 cm)
Width: 46 inches (117 cm)
Diameter (the circular space the mobile requires to rotate freely full circle): 46 inches (117 cm)
Handmade
Each of the five elements can rotate independently full circle.
The circular discs are made of transparent acrylic glass (also known as transparent plexi glass), a type of plastic that looks like glass but does not break.
The mobile creates moving colored circles on the floor, wall or ceiling when a spotlight is pointed at at it.
This mobile is almost four times as wide, and with its height of only 12 inches (31 cm) makes it ideal for standard 8 foot (2.4 meter) ceilings.
Colors: Yellow, Blue, Gray
See more of my mobiles in the art mobile section.
New Art Mobile 83
Mobile 83
Height: 21 inches (53 cm)
Width: 48 inches (122 cm)
Diameter (the circular space the mobile requires to rotate freely full circle): 54 inches (137 cm)
Handmade
Each of the eight elements can rotate independently full circle.
The circular discs are made of transparent acrylic glass (also known as transparent plexi glass), a type of plastic that looks like glass but does not break.
The mobile creates beautiful moving colored circles on the floor, wall or ceiling when a spotlight is pointed at at it.
Colors: Orange/Amber, Blue, Gray
See more of my art mobiles …
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