-The Mechanical Cockatoo-

 

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I realised that I’ve not shown you my moving sculpture on the blog.

This little stone & wire Cockatoo flaps its wings when you turn the handle and slides out a gift card for you.

The two rocks come from the Dandenong Ranges, the stick from Mornington beach and from there, I’ve cut out some feathers out of old maps and built the mechanism with wooden spools, rods, the handle of a vintage hand mixer and sewing elastics.

Let’s see it in action at a market, it has delighted big and little children:

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Charcoal on wood

black cockatoo charcoal After dreaming about birds (maybe because they were so noisy at night…) I took the little challenge to draw a large Australian Cockatoo (120cm by 160cm) on a piece of plywood.

I will use it for my next market backdrop, so for all the Melburnians, look for the big bird at the Arts Centre next Sunday and please come to say hello!

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