chimelines.acoustic

A wind chime made up of eight pipe-chimes tuned to a musical scale and arranged to correspond to the compass rose. (N, NW, W, etc.)

clavichord.acoustic

Eight turned 'strings' employing metal strapping. Each string may be played by striking it with one of the eight wooden dowels hanging from webbing, or simply watch and listen as the wind causes the dowels to strike the strings.

windbuoy.acoustic

Two identically tuned components-a rectangular steel box and a stainless steel pipe.

gazing maze.visual

Gazing maze is a box with mirrors.

douglas.kinetic

Douglas rotates in a wind, but surprisingly, will not rotate faster than approximately 1 revolution per second not matter the wind velocity or someone manually turning the center aluminum pole.

StrataVarious.kinetic

Each level of Strata Various responds to both wind direction and wind velocity making visible the subtle and not-so-subtle differences. If you watch from below, you notice that the differences are in themselves fluid and ever changing, forming a wave that propagates vertically up and down.

hygrometus I.kinetic

When wet, the oak wood strips of Hygrometus I attached to the stainless steel spring expand with incredible force, causing the entire work of art to curl. When dry, the oak shrinks, allowing the work to become an open arc.

hygrometus II.kinetic

The larger Hygrometus II highlights the scalability of this principle.

windy hill art