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Piece 162 / 217Featured2016
Pentacopter
Year2016
Dimensions50" x 31" x 21"
CategoryFeatured, Locomotion
StatusIn a collection
IN MOTION
Pentacopter · running2016
The story
I like to think of this sculpture as one of Leonardo DaVinci’s rejected ideas. Conceived after a night of drinking, the master thought better of the design, and tore the page from his notebook in disgust. Centuries later the page was discovered behind a bookcase and brought to life by a mediocre artist.
Photos: Anja Ulfeldt
Parts list
Materials
Mandolin, scroll saw, model airplane engine and propellors, aircraft flex cables, bean scoop, film projector parts, binocular eyepiece, coat rack, indicator light covers, motors, LEDs, found objects and machined aluminum and brass.
