”Daddy’s Home” This sculpture of a B.C. Firefighter was created during the wildfire season of 2017. I had seen a photo of a firefighter in the newspaper battling a wildfire and wearing what looked like a child-made macaroni necklace. The sculpture was donated to the B.C. Wildfire Service, Kamloops Fire Centre in 2021. What a […]
Fun with Gears: This is part of my latest order from my gear maker, David Holley, at Kamloops MAKERSPACE. He designs and cuts these very precise wooden gears on a laser cutter. I definitely wouldn’t be able to build my kinetic sculptures without David’s gears! Fun Fact! Here are 20 gear sets, each having 2 […]
Sound Effects: For an extra challenge, different mechanical sounds are incorporated into some of my kinetic sculptures. I would love to hear your suggestions for making various sound effects! Please send me your ideas through CONTACT. Turn up the volume! A Croaking Frog Can you guess what is inside the cardboard tube, producing the frog’s […]
Junk Automata: Years ago, I asked people in the neighbourhood if they would like to donate a small piece of junk to be used in a project . Then I assembled them all to build this piece, the theme being ‘GLOBAL WARMING’. The biggest challenge was to come up with a theme that would include all […]