Watch How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures, Obsessed
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A self-taught artist with a background in physics, David C. Roy has been creating mesmerizing wooden kinetic sculptures for nearly 40 years. Powered solely through mechanical wind-up mechanisms, pieces can run up to 48 hours on a single wind.
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Falling Water kinetic sculpture by David C. Roy © 2008
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How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures, Obsessed