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THE CALDER GAME

The Calder Game is a book written by Blue Balliett, along with Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3. A seemingly important object that keeps coming up in the book is a piece of art called a mobile. Although the book was fictional, mobiles are real artworks created by Alexander Calder. I explored into these as my exploration of the month.

WHAT ARE MOBILES?

Mobiles are a type of art, created by Alexander Calder from around 1930 to 1976. Then and now, the sculptures he made are considered inventive and creative. These sculptures not only had interesting designs created in primary colors, but also moved around. These moving pieces of art could not only possibly be created with pieces of abstract sculpture but also everyday or unusual objects. These artworks amazed lots of people.

MOBILES

Here are a few videos of mobiles.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=calder's%20mobiles&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=calder's%20mobiles&sc=2-16&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=3738550F902300A1BA843738550F902300A1BA84

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=calder's%20mobiles&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=calder's%20mobiles&sc=2-16&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=CF1397D2CDA00D0A5487CF1397D2CDA00D0A5487











MY TRY!

In the book, there is a game called The Calder Game, where people can try creating mobiles. I therefor decided to try making a mobile design myself. Here was my design.

Mobile Design Idea

CREDITS

The book The Calder Game written by Blue Balliett.













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