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| No Nuke Ring |
This week's Ring A Week challenge is to create a ring with moving parts, a kinetic ring. I've never made one and thought I should. It took me so long to decide on a design concept, but I know that I've been following the news on the recent Japanese disaster. The reports have saddened all people around the world. Imagine, even an economic and technological powerhouse like Japan is at the mercy of the natural elements and nuclear catastrophe. It reminds us how vulnerable we are.
Closer to home and as of this moment, I still haven’t heard from our 5 year old nephew, Rui, living near Tokyo. I can only pray for his safety, not just from the events so far but also for the tainted food chains and for the uncontrollable radiation. Radiation particles have spread to the northern hemisphere.
My response to the ring design challenge is based on my views on nuclear power plants - we need to seriously focus on alternative clean energy.
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Raw Materials - Sterling sheets, wires, and tubes.
I hammered 1 of the 2 pieces of sheet stock for texture. |
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| The windmills spin and turn to catch the winds. |
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| Another view of the No Nuke Ring |
I'm having trouble loading the video, so you can see it on my flickr page -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tkmetalarts/5572047268/
2 comments:
very impressive! I'm especially awed by how perfect the little pinwheels are formed!
It's a gorgeous ring and I love the ideas behind it.
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