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Explaining the basics about balance when building an art mobile / hanging kinetic sculpture - With illustrations / images - Contact me if you need more help

How to Create a Calder'esque Mobile: 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." Here are some instructions to make your own small version of this spatial poetry. Be…

An artist shows us how to make a mobile in 5 steps inspired by the famous sculptor, Alexander Calder.

Dave Smart Floating Stone Mobiles Dave Smart is a local acupuncturist and artist. He explores the limits of balance w...

Here’s a great idea for a DIY art project you can make, inspired by the art of Mark Hearld. Hearld is a British artist whose gorgeous prints, illustrations, and ceramics depict British fauna and flora dancing with color and movement. His installation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a huge flock of painted wood birds suspended over visitors— something I dreamed of hanging in my house. Alas, I’ll have to (happily) make do with this DIY bird mobile I concocted instead.

More of these creative do it yourself projects for home decor, gardening and household organization to inspire you in your decor efforts.

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…