With a tax refund on the way and my birthday coming up, I decided to splurge and get myself something special: a kinetic (moving) sculpture of a tightrope walker. I stumbled across this beautiful piece of art on one of my all too frequent extended internet surfing trips.
The tightrope walker isn’t at all attached to the base; he’s just balancing on tiptoe—or swaying gracefully from side to side if you give him a nudge. The weight at the ends of his balance pole keep him from falling off—the weight on one side or the other pulls him upright and balanced again each time he sways. To fully appreciate this sculpture, you have to see it in action:
Art, science, and tightwire all in one beautiful mesmerizing package; I may just let it rock me to sleep.
The artist, Kyle Auga of KylesKinetics, was wonderful to order from: personally updating me on the status of my order, sending me a picture the day he finished my piece. He even put an inscription on the base of the stand—a personalized note (I’d mentioned to him that this was my birthday gift to myself) and his signature.
I can’t tell you how much I love having this piece of art that captures the beauty of the circus discipline I love.
Happy Birthday to me!
Art, science, and tightwire all in one beautiful mesmerizing package; I may just let it rock me to sleep.
The artist, Kyle Auga of KylesKinetics, was wonderful to order from: personally updating me on the status of my order, sending me a picture the day he finished my piece. He even put an inscription on the base of the stand—a personalized note (I’d mentioned to him that this was my birthday gift to myself) and his signature.
I can’t tell you how much I love having this piece of art that captures the beauty of the circus discipline I love.
Happy Birthday to me!
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