Mobile calder

Teach math with art!

In honor of one of our favorite artists, Alexander Calder – we have a project for you! (Don’t forget to check out our Calder inspired Circus). This is a project that is a little tougher…

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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Information and links on how to make mobiles based on Alexander Calder's mobiles, including tools and materials needed and how to assemble and balance a mobile.

Mobiles by Julie Frith, Modern hanging mobile art sculptures and tabletop stabiles, custom color, size and design. Baby mobiles, hanging kinetic wire art mobiles, original Calder styled mobile sculpture, custom coloring online.

Complement the colors in your home and office decor with custom art mobiles and stabiles. Choose from 34 vibrant colors at no extra charge. I'll create a Photoshop mockup to help you better visualize and work with you to create the perfect art piece. Handmade in Los Angeles.

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." If you'd like to create a little poetry for yourself, we'll be happy to...

I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge…

Authentic, innovative and considered design is at the very core of Tigmi so while we would have loved to have crossed the seas to Milan for a sneaky week at Salone del Mobile 2019, our experience of it was lived vicariously through hashtags. Fortunately this technology allows us the veneration of some of the world’s most innovative designers like Ini Archibong and the many partners involved in European design brand Sé, Milanese design agency Studiopepe, and the incredible collaboration by…