Moving Wall Art – Wind the Drum and the Pattern Rearranges Itself

Wheels cut from wood, driven by a spring and gear train that you wind by hand. Let go and they rotate at speeds that keep drifting apart, so the cut shapes open and close against one another for up to fourteen hours. Nothing plugs in and nothing takes a battery.

Why choose this moving wall art?

A picture is finished the second it goes on the hook. This one is never in the same arrangement twice, which is why people stand in front of it longer than they meant to. It suits a study wall, a hallway, or the space above a desk.

Fourteen hours a wind: one turn of the drum carries it through most of a day.
Wound by hand: a spring and gear train, with no cable, no cell and no switch.
Speeds that drift: the wheels never fall into step, so the figure keeps changing.
Cut and built in wood: solid stock with the grain left visible.
Three patterns: one sweeping, one tightly geometric, one in between.

Furniture that does something, which is less common than it sounds.

Hang it on a flat wall with clearance around the mechanism, so nothing rubs against the wheels. Wind the drum in the marked direction until it resists, then release it. Keep it out of direct sun, or the wood will dry unevenly across the face.