Ash, Cocobolo, Poplar, Baltic Birch, Steel Shot, Sand, Hemp Rope.
Interest in systems and human energy has birthed a concept. Many galleries have strict “do not touch” rules, this piece ignores those. Users are invited to take a scoop of sand and pour it into the sieve basket. The introduction of a variable, the dynamic weight, offsets the balance of the freestanding piece and system. It begins a cycle and raises the opposing basket containing a constant, fixed, amount of sand and counterweight. An equation emerges. The basket, now filled with sand and human energy falls to the ground releasing its sand as it descends. It is lifted back up and the piece swings to and fro until all of the kinetic energy applied to the system is gone. The cycle returns to zero and awaits the next user to add their human variable.