AION – giant rolling ball clock
July 31st, 02008 by Alexander Rose
Stuart Kendall (one of our clock engineers) just sent in the the link to this stunning piece of work… The AION four story tall rolling ball clock installed in a Bucherer store in Lucerne Switzerland, and utilizing 150 crystal spheres. “The project was entrusted to Hanns-Martin Wagner from Switzerland and Mark Bischof from Netherlands. Work on the sculpture began in spring 2006 with a series of detailed feasibility studies, and the project was completed in 12 months.” Some of the other stunning work by these guys can be see on their website.
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Posted on August 1st, 2008 at 3:58 am
Wow. I wish there were more explanation of the mechanisms. And/or video.
I guess what I really want is to be there watching it.