These are not the best photos, as the leaf stands out more than the wire, but i did not yet want to take down the leaf as it was at the time still a work in progress.
Below and in front of the leaf, I've
used string rather than a chain or metal bar in the making of this mobile, so to create flexibility and free
movement. The string i have chosen to use is transparent to create the illusion
of movement suspended in air. Rather than attracting the thread straight
to the horizontal bar i have found in my experiments that a hooked on vertical
metal bar centres the string as well as helps it moves.
The
video below shows, with balance, how the metal rods will move. I shortened the
vertical metal hook to investigate if it would help in the mobiles movement. And
to be honest I don’t know if it does, but it does help with giving me more room
to build in so that i wouldn't be banging my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TVa38n3pdc&feature=plcp
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