The Process of Making Kinetic Sculpture that Creates Optical Illusions (Branches, Kinetic Art)

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I newly designed and built a kinetic sculpture which can be used for wall decor. Each spoke is designed to be inspired by real tree branches. The 15 spokes closely spaced around the center circle create a stunning optical illusion as the positions of the front and rear wings change. I hope you can enjoy the various optical illusions that occur when the rotation speed and direction of the front and rear wings change.

My kinetic art is operated by fully mechanical mechanism such as spring driven and magnetic force. I tried to present the mechanism as much detail as possible in this video.

Further, two kind of wood filaments (normal and dark) and wood stain (BONDEX PERFECT, walnet) were used to give the 3d printed part a wood look. In addition, flexible filament is used to help quiet one-way rotation.

All drawings are shared from Thingiverse website. I hope your enjoyable DIY life with my work.

Thanks~

TIMECODE
0:00 intro
0:13 making.
6:57 assembling.
8:34 operating.

/Link
[1] Drawing files (Kinetic Art) here, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5232816
[2] Drawing files (Sanding block) here, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4979516
[3] Constant force spring (for international) here, https://focusing-korea.myshopify.com/products/misumi-static-load-constant-force-spring-0-4kgf-1000mm
[4] 정하중 스프링 (for Korean) here, https://smartstore.naver.com/focusing/products/5723084397?

/Reference (Inspired by)
[1] David C. Roy, (2021), Boomerang Kinetic Sculpture by David C Roy, YouTube contents, https://youtu.be/jy_QpkY4diQ

/Background Music
[1] Thought It Was Mine (Damma Beatz, Epidemic Sound)
[2] Powerlines (Jones Meadow, Epidemic Sound)
[3] A Sky Sparkling (Johannes Bornlof, Epidemic Sound)

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/Parts list
[1] 3D printed parts
- controlGear (1 ea)
- springGuide (1 ea)
- mainBlock (1 ea)
- frontWing (15 ea)
- frontWing_center (1 ea)
- frontWing_block (1 ea)
- rearWing (15 ea)
- rearWing_center (1 ea)
- rear_subRing (1 ea)
- pawl (2 ea)
- oneway_pawl (1 ea)
- onewayGear (1 ea)
- wallMount (1 ea)
- wallMount_back (1 ea)
- cover (1 ea)
- gap_5 mm (1 ea)
- gap_20 mm (1 ea)
- gap_34 mm (1 ea)

[2] Non 3D printed parts
$Length of bolt includes head.
- Constant force spring (1 EA, 0.4 kg, 1000 mm, MISUMI Co.)
- Ball bearing (6 EA, OD: 22 mm, ID: 8 mm, width 7 mm)
- Ball bearing (3 EA, OD: 10 mm, ID: 5 mm, width 4 mm)
- Stainless rod (1 EA, Ø8 mm, length 140 mm)
- Stainless rod(1 EA, Ø8 mm, length 41 mm)
- Copper rod for weight (case by case, Ø12 mm, height 10 mm)
- Nb magnet (5 EA, Ø6 mm, height 3 mm)
- Nb magnet (8 EA, Ø8 mm, height 3 mm)
- M3 bolt (4 EA, length 23 mm, round head)
- M3 bolt (3 EA, length 15 mm, round head)
- M3 bolt (4 EA, length 11 mm, round head)
- M4 bolt (2 EA, length 16 mm, round head)
- M5 bolt (1 EA, length 17 mm, round head)
- M5 bolt (4 EA, length 13 mm, round head)
- M8 bolt (2 EA, length 55 mm, round head)
- M3 nut (2 EA)
- M4 nut (2 EA)
- M8 nut (2 EA)