So after I finally "finished" the Old Man and Birds project I was ready to move on. I decided to do something more 3d, like an actual moving sculpture.
I wanted to do a dancer because that lends itself to the movement idea. It would be great if I could make her do actual steps but soon after i got started I realized I did not have the mechanical skill to pull that off.
I wanted to be able to turn a crank and have the dancer move. I studied some more and tried to make cams for the up and down movement. One of my biggest problems is converting rotational movement into reciprocal movement or up and down or something else. I wish I was better at math so that I could figure this stuff out on paper so I didnt have to do everything with actual materials. I need to look for a computer program that would simulate various machine configurations.
Anyway, I am kind of condensing here, which is not what i wanted to do with this blog, but its been awhile since I posted so (believe it or not) I am leaving out most of the boring details. I tried controlling the movement s with rods or wires coming out under the stage but in that limited space I couldnt make the rods move smoothly. I eventually switched to strings for the foot and body motion ( and from the looks of my first try video I think I will switch to all strings) In the meantime I was figuring out what I wanted to make the doll/puppet/model out of. I love this paper clay stuff. Its non toxic, air dries, relatively light weight. You can sand it, add more material after it dries, and paint it. I'll continue in the next section cause I don't think I can put more than one picture in each blog.
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