Reuben Margolin's kinetic wave sculptures

Kinetic artist Reuben Margolin was featured on a recent episode of MAKE: television. He uses salvaged wood, metal, cardboard, and other recycled materials to create massive mechanical wave sculptures. Absolutely incredible work.

[#1 posted by Chas44 , March 27, 2009 9:39 PM]

Now THAT is truly a Wonderful Thing! Bravo!

[#2 posted by Graty , March 27, 2009 10:07 PM]

O__O

Wow. A great example of the whole being greater than the sum of its cardboard, plywood and polyethylene terephthalate string.

[#3 posted by Takuan , March 27, 2009 10:39 PM]

I have this vision of a vast, animated wireframe scene of whole, complex characters...

[#4 posted by cszostek , March 27, 2009 10:51 PM]

That was beautiful. Great way to end a Friday.

[#5 posted by theWalrus , March 27, 2009 11:00 PM]

beautiful and amazing

[#6 posted by Anonymous , March 28, 2009 12:46 AM]

no doubt in order to get those installations paid for, they had to embroider it with all kinds of pretentious sounding boilerplate...but his thinking is so beautiful and simple "I just thought it would be really cool to...", and that's all it needs to be. he's like a big kid, and bravo for him.

[#7 posted by Blinde Schildpad , March 28, 2009 2:31 AM]

That is so pretty! Reminds me of the Strandbeesten by the dutch artist Theo Jansen.

[#8 posted by Takuan , March 28, 2009 3:10 AM]

THAT'S who I remembered! Thanks!
http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures.html

[#9 posted by D3 , March 28, 2009 5:39 AM]

Beautiful stuff! Thanks so much for sharing.

[#10 posted by Boeotian , March 28, 2009 6:37 AM]

that is truly amazing. the movements are so fluid. awesome.

[#11 posted by Anonymous , March 28, 2009 7:38 AM]

OMG. That's awesome.
I've always said math is beautifull.
Wonder if he does small scale waves, I'd like to have one on my desk.

[#12 posted by teufelsdroch , March 28, 2009 9:48 AM]

seems like this guy would totally dig quantum carpets:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/133

[#13 posted by Anonymous , March 28, 2009 10:58 AM]

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[#14 posted by Certhas , March 28, 2009 11:47 AM]

Marvelous!

Is there anywhere to find out what music they used? Or does anyone happen to know what in particular the first one was?

c

[#15 posted by ill lich , March 28, 2009 1:08 PM]

@ #14 CERTHAS-- sounds like some new interpretation of Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps", that they maybe mixed over some minimalist marimba music (Steve Reich perhaps).

[#16 posted by montauk , March 28, 2009 2:12 PM]

I love how simply and good-naturedly he describes his work. Beautiful stuff.

[#17 posted by Dedalus , March 28, 2009 2:19 PM]

ur right - he's like an excited lil kid - i wanna be like him when i grow up!!!!!!!

[#18 posted by Micah , March 29, 2009 6:30 PM]

That rickshaw he used to pick up parts from his neighbor was also something he made. This guy rules.

[#19 posted by sciencemike , March 30, 2009 6:59 AM]

@ 16 I completely agree. No post-modernist, deconstructionist artistic mumbo-jumbo! He thinks waves are beautiful so he makes them. That simplicity does not take away from the complexity and beauty of his work.