Sculpture 3: Amphtrite

SCULPTURE 3: AMPHITRITE

Finally, sculpture 3 is Amphitrite, whose movement is based on the blossoming ecosystem created by whalefall in the deep sea. The patterns of decay and growth being the start point for the forms and rhythmn.

My initial sketches for this sculpture incorperate the idea of a disintegrating skeletal form which moves in a wave like motion. I want ambiguity over whether the sculpture is inanimate or animate. Through the use of textiles and laser cutting I will then attach intricate shapes and patterns that will sway and billow with the movement of the piece (if I have time curling in and out also like in my wearables assignment)

The mechanism I am prototyping for this sculpture is a Sine Wave Machine which simulates the amiiform locomotion of fish. A very simple mechanism using a rotating axel and circular discs rotated at different degrees around it. Translating a circular motion into a sine wave.

I am still working out this mechanism for prototyping this week but this is my research so far:

and initial sketches: