Clayton Boyer Clock
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Moa Lolo Kinetic Sculpture
Building mechanically flapping bird wings, and trying to immitate nature, can create a fascinating kinetic sculpture. We first began with our simple "Wings" sculpture. It was lovely, even if the only movement of the wings was up and down. But then, the engineering genius of my co-conspirator, Grumps, morphed that simple Wings sculpture into this amazing, full-on kinetic bird, the Moa Lolo. |
"Moa" in Hawaiian describes a large bird. In common useage "moa" is usually referring to a chicken. Some of you may know that my email address is "moalanikai," which translates to "chicken heaven by the water". The "Lolo" means crazy, and this definitely looks like one crazy bird! |
Its beak opens and closes.You can almost hear the Moa Lolo screeching as it travels the virtual skies. Its eyes rotate, google up and down, and its legs come forward and back. The wings not only flap up and down, but also smoothly glide side to side. |
In side view the graceful lines of Moa Lolo are almost spooky looking with its long, graceful "feathers" and spikey legs. |
See photos of other builders' interpretations of my Moa Lolo design here (as they become available): Moa Lolo Kinetic Sculpture
And if we receive any YouTube video links from Moa Lolo builders, they'll be here: Moa Lolo on YouTube
| Moa Lolo Kinetic Sculpture Woodworking Plans $42 Complete instructions and plans included in both pdf and dxf formats. Choose between our TWO delivery options below: Instant Download OR: Plans Delivered via eMail Plans purchased with the email option will be delivered to your inbox as an email attachment after your payment is received, usually within 24 hours. Plans are personally sent by Clayton, so please allow for time zone differences. Add moalanikai@yahoo.com to your safe senders list so we don't end up in your spam filter. 
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