Mechanics for Creating Wooden Automatons

Overview

“Observing nature is the fuel of my process. For me there is no doing without openness to experimentation. In this class, I'm going to share the main stages of my journey and how I got to automatons.”

In this video lesson Eduardo Salzane addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mechanics for Creating Wooden Automatons. Learn to build gears, cranks, and links with simple tools to create moving sculptures that simulate wings flapping..

Partial transcription of the video

“Presentation Hello, I'm Du Salzane and I build automatons. Mechanics was one of the first activities that I came into contact with when I was a teenager. Living in the interior of São Paulo and with reference to the older brother, I approached industrial machining, more specifically as a mechanical turner. At this point, I got to know the basic mechanics and it was time to discover different components, including gears, pulleys, shafts and cranks, that when they worked together, they set a machine in motion. The mechanical movement fascinated me and then I started working as a maintenance m...”

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Course summary for: Mechanics for Creating Wooden Automatons

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (94)
• 6784 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 15m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Art Toys, Character Design, Sculpture, Toy Design, Woodworking