Re: Concrete thinking, gotta love concrete thinking.

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> I think you need an basic uncluttered design. Not too many extras, but you

> definitely need some kind of mesmerizing kinetic movement...

I think it should rock.

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[Guest guest]

Ooooooh,

I like it.

I wanted it to move and yet not be dangerous if someone wasn't really

careful. I am sort of thinking of making the " head " of the one I am

designing now so that it could sort of rotate up and down, but I

couldn't have other people monkeying with it, it might fall on their

foot as it is now.

Maybe I can do one like you suggest later. I'll name it " Clay " .

Camille

>

> > Anybody want to tell me what " autism " would look like

> > in concrete alone or with other materials added (like

> > metal or wood pieces connected to it)?

>

> How about a sculpture of a ten year old in the position

> of Rodin's " Thinker " , on a base that rocks? (Bottom

> shaped like a rocking chair.)

>

> Clay

[Guest guest]

Hi,

That's interesting. I learned that the thinker is actually part of a

larger scupture that was done in pieces. It was a huge doorway. The

thinker was at the top over the door. He represented God as judge, if

I remember, right.

The same pose was used in Romanesque churches in France to represent

God...if I remember right. Maybe they got it from Romania.

:-)

Camille

> >

> > > Anybody want to tell me what " autism " would look like

> > > in concrete alone or with other materials added (like

> > > metal or wood pieces connected to it)?

> >

> [Clay answered]

> >

> > How about a sculpture of a ten year old in the position

> > of Rodin's " Thinker " , on a base that rocks? (Bottom

> > shaped like a rocking chair.)

>

> OK, but it's not Rodin that invented this position ;-)

>

> Two famous stylized clay figurines (male and female)

> dated ~6500 BC (or 4500? better check again sources)

> were found in the Romanian village of Hamangia, in this

> concentrated-dreamy position, chin in hands, looking

> somewhere beyond reality... and yes, their curved backs

> also allow them to rock ;-)

> Called " The Thinker " of course... now recognized as

> Romanian cultural symbols.

>

> Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania

[Guest guest]

If I can, eventually I want to do one with fingers that are made of

wind chime rods, the aluminum looking ones. I love the sound and if

the arms or hands could move in some way they could tinkle. I'd like

to do something like with crystals...something sparkly, but not cheap

looking. Haven't figure that one out. Thanks for the ideas.

Camille

> You are funny!

>

> Autism in concrete form...hmmm...

>

> I think you need an basic uncluttered design. Not too many extras,

but you

> definitely need some kind of mesmerizing kinetic movement...

>

> Just my " two cents "

>

> Louis

>

> From: Camille [mailto:oddizm@g...]

>

> So, my dear fellows,

>

> I am in a sculpture class now and am thrilled to bits that we will be

> working with concrete and metal...gonna get to WELD****! (those were

> sparks)

>

> We are already supposed to design a smallish (like 1 to 4 feet high)

> concrete sculpture. We will make a mold, rather like a cookie cutter

> with a base, or like a shaped cake pan. We need to design the shape.

>

> I have had a desire to do an autism sculpture for a while. I want to

> do some kind of human form that has some minor moving parts. Like

> stuff hanging from it.

>

> I would love to animate it,like with a windup mechanism.

>

> That might be a ways off.

>

> I have an idea that I have sketched. It will be a sort of very

> simple, abstract form of a little child looking up in the air.

>

> I don't want to describe it more now, it might change alot.

>

>

> Anybody want to tell me what " autism " would look like in concrete

> alone or with other materials added (like metal or wood pieces

> connected to it)?

>

> I found one on the net....from Europe somewhere, it looked rather like

> a hollow egg shell with a piece cut away from the upper surface, or

> like a sort of bowl/vase with an irregular opening.

>

> Anyway, don't suggest to me that I sculpt a hollow shell. Not unless

> I can make the irony clear. :-)

>

> Concrete thinking, get it??? I am sooooo funny.

>

>

> Camille

>

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[Guest guest]

Camille wrote:

>If I can, eventually I want to do one with fingers that are made of

>wind chime rods, the aluminum looking ones. I love the sound and if

>the arms or hands could move in some way they could tinkle. I'd like

>to do something like with crystals...something sparkly, but not cheap

>looking. Haven't figure that one out. Thanks for the ideas.

>

>Camille

>

Can it spin?

Perhaps the spinning can cause it to produce a sound

Ride the Music

AndyTiedye

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I dont' think spinning makes the right motion for wind chimes. I'm

sort of thinking like a back and forth motion or a twisting back and

forth around a central axis. Also it could be that the body would

stay still and just some part of the arm would be motorized,

preferably with a wind-up mechanism. Don't want to do an electric

cord. Batteries would be a pain.

Maybe a solar panel on it's head? :-)

I'd like to have a guy who looks like he is hold a spinning doodad in

front of his eyes (for a later one..that is if I don't lose interest

in them). That involves cantilevering a bent arm shape. not sure if

I'm ready for that. :-)

Camille

>

> >If I can, eventually I want to do one with fingers that are made of

> >wind chime rods, the aluminum looking ones. I love the sound and if

> >the arms or hands could move in some way they could tinkle. I'd like

> >to do something like with crystals...something sparkly, but not cheap

> >looking. Haven't figure that one out. Thanks for the ideas.

> >

> >Camille

> >

> Can it spin?

> Perhaps the spinning can cause it to produce a sound

>

>

>

> Ride the Music

>

> AndyTiedye

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Think Picasso's cubism period with different textures...No, don't. That

would further the " puzzle " myth, right? I knoww, Autism is...

Your nieghbor, mailman, anyone as normal as you, me the candlestickmaker!

But making a normal person is just boring . You got me stumped.

Kim

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I put a simple drawing of it in the photos section here, in the " art "

file.

It will end up slightly more sophisticated looking than that...but I

want it too look like a child's drawing or toy. I want it to lean to

one side and be counter balanced by something it will hold at the end

of a cable from it's arm...the arm is going to be...maybe...a copper pipe.

He's A for Arthur and A for autism.

Arthur is from:

Arthur Stroud names clouds aloud, just for the joy of hearing

" cumulonimbus " .

Arthur the sculpture is looking up into the sky.

It's about 4 feet high...if it works. I want to tint the concrete,

too, maybe a dark gray.

Camille

> Think Picasso's cubism period with different textures...No, don't. That

> would further the " puzzle " myth, right? I knoww, Autism is...

> Your nieghbor, mailman, anyone as normal as you, me the

candlestickmaker!

> But making a normal person is just boring . You got me stumped.

> Kim

>

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