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How to Create a Calder'esque Mobile : 11 Steps - Instructables Mobiles Art Sculpture, Calder Mobile, Kinetic Mobile, Make A Mobile, Mobile Sculpture, Sculpture Lessons, Art Mobile, Wire Art Sculpture, Modern Mobile

How to Create a Calder'esque Mobile: The sculptor Alexander Calder said "To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry." Here are some instructions to make your own small version of this spatial poetry. Be…

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Illustration from Making Things Book 2 by Ann Wiseman Making Mobiles, Mobiles Art Sculpture, Mobile Illustration, Mobiles Art, Calder Mobile, Mobiles For Kids, Make A Mobile, Mobile Ideas, Mobile Project

I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge…

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Alexander Calder  (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York City)  Date: 1941 Medium: Painted aluminum, steel, steel rod, and wire Dimensions: H. 60 inches (152.4 cm.) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1942 Accession Number: 42.176a-d Alexander Calder Mobile, Alexander Calder Art, Calder Mobile, Mobile Sculpture, Architectural Sculpture, Alexander Calder, Mobile Art, Kinetic Art, Kinetic Sculpture

Alexander Calder (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York City) Date: 1941 Medium: Painted aluminum, steel, steel rod, and wire Dimensions: H. 60 inches (152.4 cm.) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1942 Accession Number: 42.176a-d

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