a home made hand cranked whale,
for anyone with a small workshop,
some tools,
a few pieces of wood,
and some artistic skills,
you can make your own moving whale,
and you can even watch how it is done on YouTube, above is the short version, the kinetic whale is part of a growing marine menagerie designed by Sylvain Gautier, who whittles and assembles the mechanical sculptures from his workshop near Toulouse. This particular creature is carved from basswood, with a walnut frame and acacia base, and is named “Wooden Migaloo,” “after the albino humpback whale often seen on the coasts of Australia,” he writes. Get a glimpse at Gautier’s process in the short making-of video above, and head to YouTube for the full size video and more of his aquatic automata, I have to say if I had his skills, a dragon would be the next on my list to give movement and life to.
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