Kinetic Wave Sculpture - Hand-Crank Desk Wave Machine, 20 Rainbow Balls, Cam Shaft, No Supports

A desk sculpture you operate with one finger. Turn the crank and a smooth sine wave ripples along a row of 20 rods with rainbow balls on top, over and over, like a swell rolling through a harbour. Under the arcade frame sits a long camshaft: 20 cams, each one turned 36 degrees against its neighbour, so two full waves are always travelling along the row. Printed as a kit of 106 parts plus a test coupon, nothing needs support, and it is built to be watched, not just looked at. The frame is about…

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