Number of items: 01 Found Objects Robot
Last Name: D'Amico
Title: Found Objects Robot
Medium: Found Objects
Size: 30" Tall
Project: Art 1030 with Anne Kennedy / Sculpture in round with implied motion
Date Completed: Fall of 2013
As an artist, I find starting the hardest part of a project. But once you are in it, you start to live inside of it and take the risks it takes to get the results that you are looking for. That is what I experienced with this project. The parameters were to create a sculpture in the round piece that gives a sense of implied motion, something that looks like you took a picture of it as it was moving. After a couple of days, I was still drawing a blank on what to create.
My son loves robots and while was I thinking about what to do, I noticed a design on his backpack of a robot taking off, that is what gave me the inspiration. At that point, I made many trips to Savers, Goodwill, flea markets and estate sales to find all of the objects that I was looking for. One thing that stretched me with this project, was while looking for pieces, you had to imagine what the rest of the robot would look like based on the pieces I was holding at that time. I knew one requirement for the items that I was looking for, had to pre-date the 70′s to give it a “vintage” feel. The use of old tubes, a radio, an oil can, an audio A/B box, bolts, nuts, epoxy, electrical, and plumbing pieces are what makes up the list of materials used.
The second part was the assembly, easier said than done. This is where most of the trouble shooting came into. To give the robot motion meant, I needed to give it angles and weight it the right way so that it wouldn’t fall over. The biggest piece to that problem was to be able to get the body to stand on one foot. Once I was able to do that, I was able to add the rest of the parts to create the robot.
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