kinetic – Page 2

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Fourteen years of Christmas Gift Art

Weathered copper frog mobile on lily pad

Christmas shopping in the boondocks had its limitations. My budget did too.(still does!)

I was just starting to produce sculpture.

Why not make a few gifts? So it began. Fourteen years ago. The Pollock Christmas collection.

Funny thing though, the artwork that was being made at that time really didn’t have a Christmas theme. (frogs? really?)That has changed over the years.

Frog mobiles were first because thats what I was working on at that point. They were well received so I kept making artistic gifts as well as other sculptures.

The posts from now thru Christmas will be of the Christmas gifts I made for friends and family instead of shopping.

Posted on December 7, 2015June 5, 2018 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Orange Circles Mobile

I need to find a better place to hang this mobile. It’s pretty big and needs a high ceiling.

Orange Circle Mobile Christopher Pollock Art

It would be okay hanging from a low ceiling but the view from below would be missed.

Orange Circle Mobile From Below Christopher Pollock Art

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Spinning Wire with Circles

Spinning Art Mobile Christopher Pollock Art

I love to post pictures of my artwork in this location.

This is a standing spinning mobile made of wire and sheet metal and paint.

The best part is it is in this log house I spent years helping to build with a good friend.

He and this structure play a huge role in my artistic awakening.

We still build things together when we can.

Spinning Wire with Circles Christopher Pollock Art

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Piano

Another blast from the past.

This one belongs to my mother who plays piano and organ. 82 years old and gets herself to church every Sunday to play and share her talents!

The mobile parts and legs are made from piano keys from the keys of a wrecked piano.

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 1 Comment

Small Black Circle Mobile

I was trying to get a picture of this mobile without moving it and not having the caricatures of my family on the wall show.

Wasn’t working. Why not show them?

(They were done by Adam English, a college classmate who happened to be running the art department at a nearby amusement park we occasionally visit.)

The mobile is an early one of the black circle era. It is a little different. Just playing around experimenting.

Small Black Circle Mobile Christopher Pollock

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Early Pollock Mobile Orange Squares

Found this image of a mobile I had forgotten about. The date of the file is 2002. It could be older.

Seems like black circles were not the only mobiles I was making at that time.

Orange squares/black circles?

Hopefully it is indicative of artistic experimentation.

Funny I recently did orange circles!

Time for some black circles? That would balance it out!

It’s all about balance.

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Black Circle Mobile

Black circle mobiles were so much fun to make!

Posted on September 20, 2015September 19, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 4 Comments

3 Silver and Gold S’s with Circles

Another example of a kinetic art sculpture cat magnet!

Posted on September 13, 2015September 14, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 4 Comments

Small S Shape Kinetic Art Sculpture

Very light. Very thin. Aluminum and wire.

Building this kind of sculpture has it’s challenges. Imagining a thing is first and usually the easy part.

There is the cutting and shaping. Then balancing and dropping (sometimes a lot).

They just sit on a balance point. A little air can move them.

A cat can send them flying to the floor in pieces!

There is often a loud noise when the metal hits the floor or table.

Scares the cat!

Good news is the art and cat are usually fine.

Posted on September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 by Chris Pollock Art — 2 Comments

Time to mix up the posts a little. There is more to this than stick art. There are mobiles and other kinetic sculpture. The Christmas gift/ornament prototype is underway. Copper is being collected and patinated. We have been traveling a lot and seeing many of my older works and going to see places and art that will certainly inspire new sculptures.

This mobile is one of a few of the circle kind I like to make. There are at least five this year so far. Only one of them is the usual black. Trying some color this time.

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