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SCULPTURE

2021

Pump Drill after Da Vinci

A kinetic sculpture inspired by primitive pump drill designs created by Native Americans, while sharing all the futile principles of Leonardo da Vinci's Aerial Screw prototype.

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The movement concept comes from friction firemaking techniques.

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First mockup design

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...and updates

original Aerial Screw design by Leonardo da Vinci, 1487

a pump drill design used by the Hopi Pueblo people, unknown date

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