Third Year Degree Project by Samuel Hadgraft

The sculpture so far

Each stick represents a thought to make a necessary joint, this goes toward a successful end product. No stick is wasted as they are all individually key to keeping the structure integral.

This video shows the thought process and construction behind creating something that spins. The challenge is to do this by building around it from scratch and seeing if i can get it to spin how i want it to do.

Gerald Laing’s ‘Small Love Machine’ is a striking resemblance to my own work but with a different context.

http://www.geraldlaing.com/index.php/work/abstractsculpture/

I have decided to add another project almost like a prototype, i will try to create something hand turned instead of machine spun. This will consist of toothpicks and cotton reels. The aim of the piece will be to successfully create something which has a purpose, that purpose not yet being finalised.

I am also interested in very small mechanisms such as watches and would like to create something using a watch mechanism.