This art form is nearly a century old
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is the artist most often credited with developing mobile art. Beginning to create abstract sculptures in the 1920’s, he created tiny mobile toys for his children and huge steel mobiles for public spaces. Other artists have created, and continue to create, kinetic sculptures, although none has achieved the prominence of Calder. An excellent resource for for this very productive artist is calder.org.
Marco Mahler was one of my online mentors when, during COVID, I began making mobiles. I am indebted to him for his generosity in not only sharing his brass tacks knowledge of how to make a mobile, but taking the time to promptly answer tiny questions from many novices.
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