Spinner

Spinner was created for the McClelland Sculpture Park (near Melbourne, Victoria) as part of the Sculpture Award 2005. image

Spinner is a crystalline form with a symmetry of six and is designed as a passive kinetic work (i.e. it can be rolled on its axis).

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The form is locked together by tension cables acting against a central compression tube, that also supports a hundred ‘fans’ constructed of anodised aluminium.

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Spinner is based upon biological structures, in particular scale like protective coverings and carapaces.

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Detail of top cable tension terminal.

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Detail of lower cable tension terminal.

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