Sculpture mécanique, animée. Mouvements multidirectionnels et
aléatoires. Fonctionne avec le toucher, le vent, l'équilibre et avec un
moteur muni de deux piles 1.5 V. Engrenages et mécanismes apparents.
Acajou, bronze, laiton, cuivre, aluminium, verre. Fabriquée fin de l'été
2010.
Rob Higgs, Keith Newstead and Paul Spooner are creating automata for Falmouth's Kimberley Park ?
Thanks to a £22,000 donation from the Arts Council England. The money is part of the National Lottery “Grants for the
Arts” scheme.
Project manager Jessie Higginson said: “This is an exciting
opportunity for us to commission three landmark, bespoke sculptures for
Kimberley Park.
“Falmouth is renowned for being a hub for automata makers, and the high quality of their work.
“Rob Higgs, Keith Newstead and Paul Spooner all make ingenious and
eccentric automata and we hope the work they create for this project
will give enjoyment to people of all ages in the park. We are
really pleased to be able to involve local school children in this
project and explore some the Falmouth’s unique maritime stories in an
innovative way.
The children's work suspended under the wave. Their letters will be laminated and hang below.
Paul Spooner ........"he has recently accepted a commission for a school playground. He has
designed a goat that can do a hand (hoove) stand when you turn a handle.
As he is concerned the children will break the machine, Spooner has
created the goat to sit on a platform 3m high." from