Archive for August, 2010
Ball Clocks
I’ve always held a facination for ball clocks, they are not known to be particularly accurate timekeepers but the movement of the balls facinates me. I particularly like watching them when they got to 12:59 when all the balls reset
Posted in: Mechanical Gadgets
Tags: Clocks, Kinetic Sculpture
The Buzzard Waits for Waste
Reasons to be more careful in the workshop: “He hovers over your machine every broken tool every piece of scrap is food for his gluttonous carnage” Image credit: Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis. Found via Lloyd Alter
Ceiling trains, shapers and collet chucks
Workshopshed: Bob Wright from Salem Ohio is a retired Oil Refinery Control Room Operator and has a passion for welding and all kinds of metal working. Bob’s creations include a variety of wrought iron projects, tools for forming and cutting
André Wallace – Metal Sculptures
I saw André Wallace‘s latest sculpture in the papers, a 6 foot tall roller scater in Pimlico. This got me thinking about what other works he might have done. André has been involved in art since the 1970s and got
Bored
Rosamund Urwin reported recently on a problem of grown up people being bored. “At a party recently, a couple in their thirties — home-owners, two sprogs, successful at work — confessed they found their lives “chronically dull”. Then I overheard
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: workshopshed
Bicycle repair men want you!
South London Druid Cycles is giving you a chance to join their team of travelling, bicycle repairman. “Druid Cycles is seeking mobile bike mechanic trainees. You don’t have to be a bicycle professional but you must have an aptitude for
Welding Workshop
Workshopshed: Alan Ross is a metal artist in Herefordshire based artist who specialises in garden sculptures. He makes items to his own ideas as well as being commissioned for specific projects. In September 2008 he upgraded his workshop after years
Posted in: Interview, Sculpture, Welding
Tags: Metal Work
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
