Mechastopheles

This piece is intended as the dark other half of my previous “ Deus Machina ” sculpture.

Together I see them as a sort of yin and yang in my universe. This one features deep red light effects and a hidden smoke machine. I had difficulty capturing these features, so please browse the various documents on the page to form a fuller sense of it.

Every element was found — scrap yards, second-hand stores, dumpsters — then cleaned, stripped, sorted and rebuilt. Found aluminum is TIG-welded and sanded seamless; nothing is cast. The electronics are salvaged from consumer devices, repaired and rewired so the piece does something when you touch it.