Wooden Automata: Bring Sculptures to Life with Movement
Influences
A course by Eduardo Salzane , Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here I will present some of my main inspirations, artists that influence my work with mechanics and poetry. ”
In this video lesson Eduardo Salzane addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Wooden Automata: Bring Sculptures to Life with Movement. Learn simple tools and techniques to build unique moving sculptures.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this course. we will explore my primary inspirations and delve into how certain artists acquainted me with the intricate workings of birds and marine creatures. My initial experience with movement was through industrial mechanics. In this field. components of shapes come together to create fascinating mechanisms. Moreover. technical drawings enabled me to visualize and comprehend this universe more effectively. For me. manuel de Barros has the unique ability to subvert the world of words. and this is reflected in images I create in my work. I view Manuel as embodying the simplest yet mos...”
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Course summary for: Wooden Automata: Bring Sculptures to Life with Movement
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Category
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Areas
Art Toys, Character Design, Sculpture, Toy Design, Woodworking

Eduardo Salzane
A course by Eduardo Salzane
Graduated in social communication from Unesp, artist Eduardo Salzane has already worked with authorial photography, puppet theater and some circus modalities before specializing in the universe of automatons — sculptures that move from a crank.
He has given workshops at different institutions throughout Brazil and his works have been exhibited in several galleries in the interior of São Paulo and at the Ecomuseum of Itaipu, in Foz do Iguaçu. Currently, he develops his work with reused wood and creates a universe of poetry in motion in each of his pieces.
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