Kinetic sculpture drawings download cdr. Kinetic sculptures from all over the world. "Mechanical fish" from the art group ArtMechanicus

THE FUNNY CHEATS OF KEITH NEWSTEAD: PIGGY BANK

Name: Kate Newstead
Year of birth: 1956
Place of residence: Penryn, Cornwall, UK
Occupation: sculptor, mechanic
Creative credo: “I make machines because I love mechanics, graphics, design... and machines allow you to get a great combination of these areas of creativity.”

Englishman Keith Newstead is one of these masters. He honestly admits: “I started designing fairground machines because I was terribly bored working in my main specialty.” After graduating from the University of Essex with a degree in graphics and design, Keith tried to become a graphic designer, but just six months later his enthusiasm waned, he quit his job and went to Finland in search of adventure. “Oh, it was too cold for me,” Kate laughs. “I had to hurry back.”

Actually, Keith faced a common problem: he clearly graduated from the wrong university. Yes, he knew how to draw, but he didn’t like to do it too much. Therefore, they had to make a living by whatever the hell: delivering newspapers and goods sold through catalogues. At the same time, Keith made and sold jewelry.

And then I saw television program about fair machines

The Devil Rides Out
The mechanism was made by order of an American collector in 2011. The model is almost entirely assembled from metal parts. Work on “The Devil” took about two months.

Royal Cornwall Museum
It is a donation box custom-made for the museum. When a coin is dropped into the slot, the characters act out a half-minute skit.

Smeaton's Tower Donations Box. Smeaton Tower is one of the most famous and oldest British lighthouses. It was erected near the city of Plymouth (Devonshire) in 1756–1759. At the request of the museum, located in the lighthouse today, Newstead made a box for collecting donations: a coin activates an ingenious mechanism, and the model begins to move.

Northampton Shoe Museum
A donation box commissioned by Northampton Museum satirically demonstrates the benefits modern methods shoe production before classic ones.

MOVING PICTURES BY CHRISTINE SUR

Year of Birth: 1963
Residence: Svendborg, Denmark
Occupation: Artist, Engineer
Creative credo: “I just like doing what I do”

The style to which Christine Sur's painting belongs is called primitivism. This movement arose in the 19th century and popularized the deliberate simplification of composition, stylization children's drawing. The great masters of primitivism were Henri Rousseau and Niko Pirosmani, Henry Darger and Martin Ramirez. Primitivist artists of the past, in most cases, were able to draw beautifully in the classical style, and used deliberate simplification as artistic technique. Today there is an increasingly widespread trend in which painters actually paint at the level of talented children, passing off their inability to create something worthwhile as their own style.

But all this is not about Kristin Suhr at all. She not only draws beautifully, but is able to add a new dimension to her paintings. When we look at an ordinary artistic canvas, we can only guess about what is, for example, behind the back of the hero of the picture or somewhere outside the frame. And Christine, by introducing animation into the plot, allows us to look beyond the boundaries.

“Girlfriends” (Veninder, 2008) An example of a fairly simple kinetic picture. The woman on the left angrily hits her opponent in the shin with the toe of her shoe, the woman on the right reacts to this with an exclamation of “Ouch!” (Av!). Only two moving elements are driven by one discreet lever mounted under the frame.

Coffee Shock (Coffeeshock, 2007)

One of the works of the “coffee” series by Christine Sur. IN various paintings In this collection, the most unexpected objects appear from cups, like rabbits from top hats. The crazy face from this work appears in other works of Christine.

Sculptures by Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen (born March 17, 1948, The Hague, Netherlands) - Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor. He builds huge structures that resemble the skeletons of animals that are able to move under the influence of the wind. sandy beaches. Jansen calls these sculptures "animals" or "creatures"

Smaller sculptures by Theo Jansen

But the real creation of thought and ingenuity are mechanical structures that can move under the influence of the force of the wind. Also, working on a clock mechanism or any motor capable of rotating the central rotor. These kinetic sculptures are invented and made by Theo Jansen.

Walking table

For many years, scientists have argued that walking mechanisms are not promising. Only nature realized in organisms all the perfection of life on two legs. For cars, the walking design, to put it mildly, is not preferable. They talked, but stubbornly continued to come up with walking robots. And gradually the idea that a mechanism can walk became so natural that now not only complex robots with the rudiments of artificial intelligence walk, but even furniture. For example, designer Water Sheublin created a walking table. This designer’s creation is not connected to electric motors; to move the table you need to push it

Cho Woo Ram: Mechanical Life Forms

What kind of alien monsters have writers, filmmakers and computer game creators tried to surprise us with? But most professional dreamers would do well to take a master class from Korean Cho Woo Ram. Kinetic sculptures The images he creates look truly alien - and at the same time full of life.

Automaton

An automatic machine is a machine capable of changing its operating mode according to a specific program. Thanks to the complication or change of control programs, the machine becomes multifunctional - that is, it is able to perform a variety of actions without changing the instrumental part. Structurally, this problem is solved by the fact that in addition to the mechanical articulation of parts, the machine contains a device for converting one form of movement into another. The first machines were built on limited variations of mechanical action, varying in degree and direction of transmission of movement. With the development of electrical engineering, machines receive effective control units. Modern development The development of automatic machines is primarily due to the successes of microelectronics and programming.

Story

The first machines were manufactured already in ancient times, as evidenced by the rather fabulous, however, walking statues of Daedalus in Athens, the flying wooden dove of Archytas of Tarentum, etc.
Equally incredible are the stories about automatic machines that were made in the Middle Ages by Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), Roger Bacon (1214-1294), about a flying iron fly, etc. In the production of watches with
The clock mechanism often connected moving figures, as for example on the clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral with its 12 moving figures in a crowing rooster. Similar clocks are in Lübeck, Nuremberg, Prague, Olmutz, etc.
Vaucanson's automata (French) became especially famous in the 18th century. Vaucanson) from Grenoble, which he showed in Paris in 1738 (a man playing a flute, a pipe, a duck eating food), as well as works by Swiss watchmakers father and son Droz (fr. Jaquet Droz) from Lachaux-de-Fonds in 1790 (a boy writing, a girl playing the harmonium and a boy drawing).

Writing and drawing


The drawing doll, made by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jacquet-Droz, draws pictures and writes poetry. Drawing Automaton by Pierre Jacquet-Droz An automaton created by 18th century Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jacquet-Droz has the ability to sketch pictures and write poems.
The oldest writing automaton, a mechanical doll made from carved wood by Jaquet-Droz in 1772, had the ability to write. 28 cm high

The Writer - a mechanical doll made in carved wood by Jaquet-Droz in 1772 which had the ability to write. At 28 inches tall, it gave an unusual impression of life and was presented to every court in Europe

Henri Maillardet (1745-?)

Another 18th century master, a Londoner of Swiss origin: His doll without wig and dress:
Henri Maillardet. "The Draughtsman-Writer" automaton, c. 1820, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

Swiss-born, London-based clockmaker and inventor, Henri Maillardet, built a humanoid automaton that wrote three poems and could draw three pictures.
She can write three poems and pictures.

This is how this doll writes and draws:

China
Fortune Teller He has about twenty different designs

Japan

20th century - photo
18th century dolls Emil Frohlich with Two Automatons ca. 1906 Original caption: Emil Frohlich with automatons invented by Droz, 1760-1773.

Doll from the 19th century, in a dress from 1830. Mr. Schehl Pointing to Mechanical Part of Doll Original caption: Century-Old Robot Doll Draws and Writes. A robot doll over a hundred years old is "Miss Automaton," now reposing in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.

Various automatons
"Thimblemaker" from Beijing doll does cup-and-ball tricks clock with caucasian automaton He does cup-and-ball tricks.

Sources: www.popmech.ru

Kinetic art in last years is at the peak of popularity, because masters who have mastered light and movement manage to achieve a stunning effect - to overcome the static nature of sculpture. In our review - 8 of the most original examples how art objects come to life.

1.Fantastic mechanism from the artist Lime Young

Kinetic sculpture by South Korean artist Laimi Yang

Lime Young is a true virtuoso. The master manages to construct the most complex mechanisms from circuit boards, microprocessors, servos and other mechanical devices. When put into action, his kinetic sculptures have a magnetic effect on viewers, because it is simply impossible for the average person to solve the mystery of the mechanism.

2.Car silhouettes made from metal spheres

Kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum

The kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum appeared several years ago, but still causes delight. 714 metal spheres fold into the shape of car models different years release.

3. Wing Flap by Bob Potts

Kinetic sculpture of Bob Potts

70-year-old sculptor Bob Potts creates minimalist, but no less impressive works. His kinetic sculptures imitate the flapping of a bird's wings or the movement of an oar while rowing. It’s amazing how the master manages to convey the trajectory of movement so accurately.

4. "Dancing" sculptures by Anthony Howe

Kinetic sculpture by Anthony Howe

Anthony Howe works with a rough material - steel reinforcement, but creates surprisingly harmonious kinetic sculptures. In calm weather they look elegant and sophisticated, and with the first breath of wind they begin their fancy dance.

5. "Mechanical Fish" by art group ArtMechanicus

Kinetic sculpture from the art group ArtMechanicus

Thanks to the efforts of the art group ArtMechanicus, more than one “mechanical fish” has been born. The collection of Moscow masters includes “Fish-House”, reminiscent of Noah’s Ark, “Fish-Knight”, personifying a lonely horseman, “Nut Fish”, symbolizing the desire for beauty, and “Fish-ram” - an allegory of the struggle between living and inanimate principles.

6. Wooden Wonders by David Roy

David Roy gives his kinetic sculptures touching and tender names - “Fiesta”, “Summer Rain”, “Sun Dance”, “Serenade”, “Zephyr”. Wooden creations are set in motion by the wind and immediately become light and graceful.

" received new article"". These are really interesting mechanisms, like living things. It is based on the laws of computer and natural evolution. The first sculptures were sailed. The last animals walk in the calm, sense water and obstacles, remember the path and even protect themselves from storms.

Theo Jansen's kinetic sculpture runs only on wind energy: there are no gasoline, diesel, electric, etc. engines. Energy for movement is stored in bottles. General overview about Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures can be obtained from the video:

And if you like, we will consider more detailed design features further.

So, for starters, the operating principle of one stilted part.

These are the dimensions of the 11 leg components.

The legs, in turn, are attached to a kind of spine. Spine in in this case- a crankshaft that can either simply transmit motion, or be rotated using propellers, compressed air, and so on.

The best leg movement occurs when the foot describes something like a triangle with rounded vertices. The different proportions of the 11 components of the leg produce different geometric shapes when moving. The author of the sculptures experimented a lot, in particular with computer models, to find perfect ratio parts of the leg. This relationship can be presented somewhat more clearly with the help of the following video. It also gives a different interpretation. appearance legs of a kinetic sculpture.

By the way, computer modeling did not give any special results due to the huge number of options geometric shapes, which the foot of the leg can describe. For example, each of the 11 leg components can have 10 length options. This results in more than a million possible curves. The computer would work on them for hundreds of years. I had to turn to the method of computer evolution.

So, the computer selected 1,500 random variants of the lengths of the leg components. And he appreciated the geometric shapes that the foot of each leg describes:

Out of 1,500 options for geometric shapes, the 100 most optimal ones were selected. Accordingly, there were 100 types of combinations of different lengths of leg parts.

From these lengths of parts (the rest were eliminated), another 1500 leg options were randomly created. From these, 100 legs with the most optimal curves were selected. Based on the resulting lengths of the parts, new 1,500 leg options were created - and so on.

The cycle repeated itself day and night for many months. The final result is the leg of Animaris Currens Vulgaris, the first animal to walk independently on a beach. But this leg was not ideal either; the animal stopped periodically. So the evolution continued :)

Here is an example of a set of numbers that give a more or less moving leg:

a = 38, b = 41.5, c = 39.3, d = 40.1, e = 55.8, f = 39.4, g = 36.7, h = 65.7, i = 49, j = 50, k = 61.9, l=7.8, m= 15

Another calculation of the leg components, carried out in Matkada:

And here is another example of calculating the components of the legs:

Based on this calculation, a kinetic sculpture is also built:

In this video you can get a good look at sets of plastic bottles that are used to store wind energy:

The wind moves the sails on the crankshaft, the energy is transferred to the bicycle pump, which inflates the bottles. This takes several hours. But how can you make an animal move, and even automatically? This requires muscles. Muscles are a tube within a hollow tube, which can cause it to lengthen. Elongation is caused by the inflation of a rubber ball, which increases in volume and pushes the inserted pipe.

Some enthusiasts are trying to develop real vehicles based on them:

Well, the author himself believes that this type of movement is a revolution in the world of technology, comparable in importance to the invention of the wheel. The way these creatures move is based on the principle of the wheel (there is an axis that is always horizontal to the ground), but everything else is different. This is an advantage over a wheel, especially in hard-to-reach places such as sand.

An excellent example of a kinetic sculpture with a “hamster” engine:

Interview with Theo Jansen with Russian subtitles:

The main components of modern kinetic sculptures from Theo Jansen:

1. The stilted legs we talked about earlier.
2. Engines are also the windage of sculptures.
3. Batteries, they are also fan-shaped things on sculptures and plastic bottles into which air is pumped.
4. Signal transmission system - tubes transmitting compressed air and check valves with springs.
5. Obstacle and soil moisture monitoring system (if the probes encounter insurmountable obstacles, they turn the sculpture back).
6. Water sensing system (based on sucking water into bottles, increasing pressure and sending the animal back).
7. The animal's brain is a system of bottles, valves, tubes), working on a binary system. The brain counts steps from obstacle to obstacle. Therefore, when the animal reaches water, etc., and turns back, it knows how long to go back.
8. Storm protection system (hammer, which when strong wind drives the stakes on the nose of the sculpture into the ground).

There will be more in the future :)

These are the original living kinetic sculptures from Theo Jansen.

Kinetic art in recent years has been at the peak of popularity, because masters who have mastered light and movement manage to achieve a stunning effect - to overcome the static nature of sculpture. In our review - 8 most original examples as art objects come to life.

1.Fantastic mechanism from the artist Lime Young

Lime Young is a true virtuoso. The master manages to construct the most complex mechanisms from circuit boards, microprocessors, servos and other mechanical devices. When put into action, his kinetic sculptures have a magnetic effect on viewers, because it is simply impossible for the average person to solve the mystery of the mechanism.

2.Car silhouettes made from metal spheres

appeared several years ago, but still causes delight. 714 metal spheres are folded into the shape of car models of different years.

3. Wing Flap by Bob Potts

70-year-old sculptor Bob Potts creates minimalist, but no less impressive works. His kinetic sculptures imitate the flapping of a bird's wings or the movement of an oar while rowing. It’s amazing how the master manages to convey the trajectory of movement so accurately.

4. "Dancing" sculptures by Anthony Howe

works with rough material – steel reinforcement, but creates surprisingly harmonious kinetic sculptures. In calm weather they look elegant and sophisticated, and with the first breath of wind they begin their fancy dance.

5. "Mechanical fish" from the art group ArtMechanicus

Thanks to the efforts of the art group ArtMechanicus, more than one “mechanical fish” has been born. The collection of Moscow masters includes “Fish-House”, reminiscent of Noah’s Ark, “Fish-Knight”, personifying a lonely horseman, “Nut Fish”, symbolizing the desire for beauty, and “Fish-ram” - an allegory of the struggle between living and inanimate principles.

6. Wooden Wonders by David Roy

David Roy gives his own touching and tender names - “Fiesta”, “Summer Rain”, “Sun Dance”, “Serenade”, “Zephyr”. Wooden creations are set in motion by the wind and immediately become light and graceful.

7. Kinetic device that plays the violin. By Seth Goldstein

Seth Goldstein is a mechanical engineer who managed to create a device that can copy the movement of hands. The kinetic sculpture, equipped with drives, rotors, pulleys and computer chips, recognizes audio files played on an electronic keyboard and then plays a melody on the violin.

8.Giant animal sculptures by Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen creates giant miracle monsters that, obeying gusts of wind, come to life from plastic tubes, cable cord, nylon ropes and adhesive tape. And then he arranges fun beach walks for insectoid animals. Without a doubt, .

Kinetic sculpture is a special direction in contemporary art, based on the effect of movement of the entire art object or its individual elements. Masters working in this genre managed to destroy the myth that real sculptural images should be static. Their creations are filled with movement and life. They attract attention, fascinate and make a person think about the impermanence of all things and phenomena surrounding him in this world.

Sculptures by Limey Young

Lime Young - contemporary artist from South Korea who creates unusual sculptures the most complex forms using microprocessors, circuit boards, stainless steel parts and other materials unusual for works of art. Set in motion by special mechanisms, his installations resemble unimaginable living creatures and have a truly magical effect on viewers. Understand how they work to the common man not possible. But this is not necessary, because any kinetic sculpture by Young is created in order to amaze the audience.

Bob Potts creations

The famous American sculptor Bob Potts creates minimalist installations that imitate the flapping of bird wings, the movement of oars in a boat, etc. His sculptures are made of lightweight materials and are not burdened with unnecessary details, but this does not prevent them from bringing viewers into indescribable delight. Particularly impressive to art fans is the amazing accuracy with which Potts manages to recreate the trajectory of the objects on display.

Woo-Ram Cho and his works of art

The kinetic sculpture has completely captured the imagination of South Korean artist Woo-Ram Cho. All his works have complex designs and mechanisms. Made from various metals, they are supplemented with gearboxes, motors, various boards and microprocessors, thanks to which they are set in motion. The Korean's installations resemble strange birds, fish, insects and other creatures unknown to modern civilization. To make unusual sculptures look more realistic, the master demonstrates them accompanied by light and sound effects.

Moving compositions by Anthony Howe

American Anthony Howe has been creating three-dimensional abstract compositions from light stainless steel for more than 25 years, set in motion by the slightest breath of breeze. All the author’s creations consist of several dozen mobile elements and resemble unimaginable astronomical models or from the future. Some of Anthony Howe's kinetic sculptures stand firmly on the ground, but there are also some that are displayed in a suspended state. Driven by the power of the wind, they hypnotize those around them with their every second change in appearance.

Strange animals by Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures convey the idea of ​​preserving life on the planet. They are made from plastic bottles and pipes, insulating tape, adhesive tape, nylon threads, cardboard and other available materials. Jansen gives his creations the appearance of huge, outlandish animals, which, according to him, feed on wind energy and can move independently. Despite their apparent lightness, they are able to remain stable even under strong gusts of wind. Before creating the next figure, the wizard, using computer program calculates the parameters of the model and only after that assembles it and places it on the beach located near his home in Holland. Today, a whole family of strange animals has gathered there, peacefully neighboring each other.

"Live" installations in Russia

Kinetic sculpture is popular not only in foreign countries. In Russia today there are many artists who are passionate about creating moving installations. Thus, through the efforts of members of the capital’s art group ArtMechanicus, a whole collection of wooden mechanical fish was created. Among their creations there is a House Fish, a Ram Fish, and a Knight Fish. In addition to Muscovites, Yalta resident Ivan Poddubny is also creating unusual sculptures. He makes miniature installations from wood and leather, driven by a spring motor. Poddubny’s works fit perfectly with modern interiors and are intended to decorate residential and office spaces.