A New Hope

I applied for a cultural grant to help fund my next sculpture for the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race. It was supposed to be a complete rebuild of Big Fish.  By the time I applied for the grant, I decided that I wanted to move on from that sculpture and build something new. My grant application reflected that. 

Last year, we wanted to create a Star Wars themed sculpture but we started so late that we quickly shifted to making Big Fish. Now that we have a race under our belt, it's time to get into the design of the our next kinetic sculpture, The Aluminum Falcon! 

I've already started designing it. Hopefully a year is plenty of time to finish it. Here's a drawing of my concept:

 

The pie in the sky idea is a 2-person reverse tricycle with all wheel drive, front wheel steering, and separate modes for the road and mud--made mostly out of aluminum. May the force be with me.

Rudy October 28, 2022

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