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Piece 107 / 217Creatures2012
Firefly #2
Year2012
Dimensions22" x 12" x 8"
CategoryCreatures
StatusIn a collection
IN MOTION
Firefly #2 · running2012
The story
This piece was commissioned to resemble my earlier “Firefly” sculpture.
It is rare that I can accomplish this, but I was able to scrounge up enough of the raw elements necessary to pull it off.
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.
Parts list
Materials
Everything in this piece had a previous life. Nemo’s own inventory, in his words.
Radio cabinet, violin scroll, piano hammer parts, wooden furniture elements, brass chandelier elements, flicker bulb, velvet, motor, LEDs, springs, fresnel lens.
Same drawer
