Dynamic+Mobiles

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A dynamic mobile is a struture which is usually made for aesthetic values which is a collection of several rods, wire and parts. They are all constructed together with completle balance and when blown in the wind the mobile creates motion. They are also used with babies to help them sleep.======

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Alexander Calder was an American Artist and Sculpture who is most famous for the invention of the mobile. A mobile is a kinetic sculpture, it needs perfect equilibrium. There are lots of rods with objects hanging from them in perfect balance. The objects hanging keep the other objects balanced.======

Stephen H Kawai is an artist who grew up in Montréal. He started drawing the human form however since doing research and discovering the work of Alexander Calder he has created a wide range of mobiles. The idea behind lever and leverage comes from newton's laws of motion. If you use a lever to lift a weight, the distance from the pivot area must be applied at twice the distance between the weight and the pivot.
 * Stephen H Kawai**
 * Moments and Levers**

A moment is usually used to describe the bending force on a beam. So we need to consider the positioning of the pivot and the lever when we are making a mobile. The moment is also important because the amount of bending on the beam needs to be calculated. So for Alexander Calder's idea of the mobile to work I need to think carefully about the positioning of the pivot and the force which will be applied to the beam because it needs to have perfect equilibrium.

I have designed and made my own dynamic mobile. I used orange and red acrylic which gathers the light creating a good effect when it is hung up.