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Explaining the basics about balance when building an art mobile / hanging kinetic sculpture - With illustrations / images - Contact me if you need more help

Mobiles have crept back into the latest crop of design products and trends. Read on to see our edit of the coolest hanging mobiles out right now.

In the second volume of a definitive biography, the art critic Jed Perl recalls how the innovative artist revolutionized sculpture.

How to Create a Calder'esque Mobile: The sculptor Alexander Calder said "To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry." Here are some instructions to make your own small version of this spatial poetry. Be…

I came across this mobile, inspired by Moonrise Kingdom, by LA-based artist Kim Baise. I love the simplicity of it, and how inspired it is. It got me looking for some more mobile-making inspiration. Above, an origami mobile from Tiny Happy Some guidance for creating balance without symmetry in mobiles, from Perpetual Mobiles. Artist Marco Mahler shares his advice for making mobiles, exploring the intricacies of balance. Artists Carl and Evelina Kleiner create food-based kinetic sculptures…

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Here’s a great idea for a DIY art project you can make, inspired by the art of Mark Hearld. Hearld is a British artist whose gorgeous prints, illustrations, and ceramics depict British fauna and flora dancing with color and movement. His installation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a huge flock of painted wood birds suspended over visitors— something I dreamed of hanging in my house. Alas, I’ll have to (happily) make do with this DIY bird mobile I concocted instead.

Here are some ideas for making your very own mobile. I’m currently working on a wooden one but following the principles of the abstract mobile in terms of construction. I want it to look simi…

These ceramic mobiles by Yuko Nishikawa made me gasp.

How to make a DIY Calder Mobile sculpture for under $10. A mid-century modern home decor project you can create, inspired by Alexander Calder.