Kinetic Energy Sculpture - Desktop Version

The Swinging Sticks

This elegant, seemingly simple structure arouses people’s curiosity - how does it work? The kinetic sculpture is carefully hand-made by experienced craftsmen, who precisely calibrate the weights and magnets in the arms to achieve endless unpredictable movement. Although it may seem easy to make, in fact, a deep knowledge of science, mathematics, and physics is essential to understanding how it is made and works.

Precision Engineered to Extremely Tight Tolerances

In engineering, a tolerance is the allowable margin of error. The Swinging Sticks sculpture requires highly precise components engineered to tight tolerances in order to meet stringent quality requirements . Each sculpture undergoes a final QC test of for a minimum of 4-7 days to ensure flawless and beautiful performance.

The aluminum tubes are extruded from the highest quality aluminum available. This assures each tube’s walls will be perfectly round without varying thicknesses so that a balanced fluid motion is achieved. Symmetrical tube walls allow the bearing hub to be inserted with optimal resistance as it is pushed down the tube shaft.

Forced long live high-quality bearings are integrated in the tube’s hub bearings. Each hub bearing is precisely CNC’d to a diameter that lets the hub be gently inserted down the main axis with just enough resistance to prevent the hub from exiting the other end.