Once again we met at the studio of John Superti and worked on our latest pieces. Holly caught the bug to make jewelry this time, earrings, John was working on a necklace, while Carolyn created one more mobile!

We hope to have Ursula and John Schmitz back with us for our next meeting in January. In the meantime, enjoy the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday!!

Ursula's mobile from copper sheets

Earliest mobile by Holly, after John Lynch

Holly and John at work in studio

Mobile Updates

From Carolyn:

Dancing Duo

A more vertical mobile from instructions by Marco Mahler

for instructions visit http://makezine.com/projects/make-40/calder-mobile/

From Holly:

Hanging in John Superti's Studio

Recently I went to see a couple of "Strandbeests" or beach animals, created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. They were roaming the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, as a promotional for a show at the Peabody-Essex Museum starting September 19, 2015. A very different kind of wind driven device, which has to be pushed along when they are out of their element!

Click link below to see them at home on the beach:

Strandbeests

Soon it will be a year since our group of kinetic mobile makers began! We meet about every 6 weeks either in homes or at the Munroe Center for the Arts in Lexington, MA. Here are some of our latest creations:

 From Ursula Nowak:

 Detail of Leaves

From Carolyn Kingston:

Red and White

Remembering the wonderful show of Alexander Calder at Peabody Essex- Museum last fall! 

Vladimir Barsukov's website has been re-designed, and is a beautiful tribute to his life and work. Some pieces are available for sale. Check it out at: www.perpetualmobiles.com

Pegasus by Vladimir Barsukov

Happy New Year!
Here are the latest creations from our Mobile Making Group:

Holly 

Holly's Niece Allison

Carolyn

Ursula

Here is an interesting and somewhat humorous blog page from Marco Mahler, mobile maker. He examines why a "mobile" created by Google would not work in reality.

http://www.marcomahler.com/blog/

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my mobile making friends! Here are some mini-mobiles I made as tree ornament gifts for friends:

Tree ornament gifts by Carolyn Kingston