Thread: new gadget

[quote=zenwood;480146]These pieces are superb. Thanks so much for posting.

Just one comment on this one:To me the brass corners on the base look out of place.
thanks for the positive comments folks,good observation zenwood,
I wasn't sure about the brass corners myself when I made the piece,but the original concept was based on those highly crafted victorian devices
that were developed by scientists of that era but commissioned to craftsmen to make.The corners indicate the utilitarian nature of the device
The intention all along was to make an object that looked like it served a very usefull purpose (of course it does nothing of the sort) like many of the gadgets developed back in those days they were designed to bamboozle with science. but hey they look ok sitting on a desk

cheers underfoot

Originally Posted by DavidG

An excellent piece that would enhance any executive office.

...with the hapless employee pinned on the table

The beauty of this kind of art is in my humble opinion the combination of the soft, warm looking wood and the hard, cold looking industrial gadgetory with hints to whatever you fancy.

Some would say unknown pleasures. Others would say scary thoughts.

So it really does something! It makes you wonder and triggers your fantasy. Very usefull

Looking at the #1 object i could't help to think of that arty scene in Silence of the lambs when that prison guard was hanged to the ceiling/wall with some drapes in the pattern of a butterfly.