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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.





The movement concept comes from friction firemaking techniques.

First mockup design

...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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