Rolling Ball Sculpture cn:156

www.rollingballsculpture.com.au
This freestanding sculpture measures 1200mm x 1000mm x 400mm and coated in chrome powdercoat. The sculpture uses 25mm glass marbles and has a double sided helical lift. The red marbles stay on their own section of track and the blue on theirs. The sculpture has balls on track, loops, tipping arm, serpentine, lots of spirals (both flat and tall), a seven ball release mechanism and a new ball activated arm lift feature.
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[@tleander40]

I could watch these all day. Nice job!!!

[@rollingballdave]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@designunlimited6215]

So many great features. I love the sequence starting with the epic descent at 1:50, the loops and then the huge backspin at 1:57. Great to watch ! 😊

[@1docg]

Another Cool Masterpiece! Noticed several new and different trips and triggers. Nice!

[@rollingballdave]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@mpjohnson2]

Masterfully executed. You work the best of your designs into one perfectly balanced piece. This is your best.

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks! 👍

[@juancesaretti]

You outdid yourself! Really nice combination of all the things you tried on your previous scupltures. The glossy finish looks great, btw.

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@anthonyfowler6863]

The horizontal loops after the big down hill is a amzing concept and my favourite feature followed closely by the tight downward spinning spiral with the larger spiral around it using the red marbles. I also like how you gave the counter weight it's own path. I'm a huge fan of your work and look forward to each new video with anticipation. Keep them coming....thanks 👍🏻

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks Ant!!

[@anthonyfowler6863]

@@rollingballdave I know the bloke who bought your "SWITCH" sculpture. They are even better in person. I to hope to own one of your sculptures one day......🤞🏻

[@designunlimited6215]

And the blue ones seem to have smiley faces 🙂🙂🙂🙂 at 0:23 .. saw you wave too!

[@rollingballdave]

Well spotted!

[@bluepyramid44]

This is more mesmerizing than watch a fireplace.

[@dddunlap86]

OMG This one is so awesome 😍 In a perfect world if I had the money it would be center stage in my living room 👍🏾

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@noonoo6075]

This is fantastic - I’d love one ! A great boys ( and girls) toy - commercially viable to make ?

[@vascogiovanelli]

KZbin had just suggested me this one, I have watched it through and I believe, so far, despite is a two years old sculpture, is my favorite one, so many tricks and blow mind intricare courses…. Many many many congratulations…. I wonder what is the price of such a beautiful sculpture.

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks so much! It is up there as one of my favourite sculptures.

[@patricerobert4727]

Bonjour. C'est absolument MAGIQUE; Du grand art. Bravo.

[@kummer45]

Can you imagine the Revit Bim model for this? Or the 3d Rinoceros model? Imagine the axonometric for this or the plan elevations and the transversal and longitudinal section. The complexity doesn't stop there. Next follows the equations that intuitively the design sustain. Yes this is a hobby but the documentation of these toys is simply beautiful and full work of art.

[@mr.casanova7]

This is satisfying ❤️

[@TomHaroldArt]

Excellent piece. Love the variety of mechanisms, especially the counterweighted two-ball tipping arm/ball lift. Great variety of track elements as well. Such a nice piece!

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks mate! Are you still building? Hope you're well.

[@sullivancullen2589]

i guess im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the account password. I love any help you can offer me!

[@damiendalton8397]

@Sullivan Cullen instablaster ;)

[@sullivancullen2589]

@Damien Dalton i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@sullivancullen2589]

@Damien Dalton it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you really help me out!

[@tequieroIrene]

que espectaculo el looping grande brutal

[@straycat2253]

That very cool!😃

[@TheMinecraftCookies]

Love

[@juodaslietus]

Amazing... keep going.. !:)

[@rollingballdave]

Thank you, I will!

[@TheMiffi1984]

Wish you could film an entire built, from start of finish, every weld and track direction explained. I've watched the entire wintergatan marble machine build and the depth he goes into his build is amazing. I want to see one of yours. Great work

[@rollingballdave]

Martin certainly does go to length. It's fascinating to watch, and I bet just as laborious to film.

[@TheMiffi1984]

@@rollingballdave he is amazing in what he does... maybe do a smaller build and go into depth, that would be amazing

GREAT SCULPTURE! How many hours roughly did it take to build, you think?? I'm guessing about 30-40 HOURS 🤦‍♂️

[@rollingballdave]

Probably double, if not more than that.

[@rollingballdave]

@ hard to teach someone artistic creativity. 😁

[@phanlong9682]

Amazing Dave, lots of cool ideas, well done 👍

[@adharsan]

Sheer genius

[@RSpudieD]

Very cool!! 0:23 *waves back*

[@rollingballdave]

Well spotted!!

[@justinsurla6043]

Wow

[@Ephynael]

Always awesome. Is there is somewhere where you explain your conception process ? I saw some parts of the fabrication process but i wonder how do you design this well oiled machine ? Is there is some plans, research or you set up on the go ?

[@rollingballdave]

No plans, it's all in my head. I usually only draw a rough sketch of the frame, and a list of components to be included in the sculpture.

[@michaelmcgrath850]

Pure pleasure

[@rosivaldomartins4398]

Gostaria de saber que solda é usada para soldar as estruturas metálicas.

[@comasmusica7548]

This is absolutely fan. tas. tic. My favorite part is 1:52-1:58. How do you come with this effect. Amazing.

[@rollingballdave]

All in camera for the motion, and then speed change in editing.

[@MrJonreed7]

Beautiful work David. I was in Australia 15 years ago & I might retire there in the next year or so. I visited the Glass House Mountain area & saw lots of "artsy" shops. I would love to visit your shop if possible. Is this the area you are located?

[@rollingballdave]

Glass house mountains are amazing! Alas, I'm about 2000km away!

[@aletof]

Your sculptures are amazing! If I can make a suggestion for the videos, it would be great to be able to see all the paths from beginning to end in one zoomed-out shot like the last one. It was cut too short and we couldn't see the full cycles on all the paths.

[@rollingballdave]

Thanks for the feedback. Because the marbles are small, it is difficult to show any detail of the track path in such a large sculpture if filmed from a static position. In my opinion, the static shot is boring to watch as you can't see the depth of the tracks.

[@aletof]

@@rollingballdave This may just be personal preference but that last static shot that allows seeing the whole machine is my favorite. After watching the initial upclose details I know what's going on, even if depth can't be properly perceived. I do enjoy the closeup shots however it's easy to get lost with no sense of location and continuity. By the end of the video, I felt wanting to see the last shot carry on for a few more minutes until all the paths were covered. Thanks for all the quality content anyway!

[@RSpudieD]

@@rollingballdave I agree with that. Just some food for thought, but maybe it could be an unlisted video in the description for those that want to see it.

[@rollingballdave]

@@RSpudieD Fantastic idea. Infact I had recently done a static shot for a client. I think this may be a future concept I will adopt. Thanks. :-)

[@rollingballdave]

@@aletof I try to show continuity of track paths. Especially the long winding track and the yellow ball track path. :-)

[@lemon-ip8hw]

you should make some with themes, like an ancient tomb or something like that. :D

[@rollingballdave]

Agreed. I need clients that are happy to do so. 😆

[@timguillory6339]

This was awesome. What does something like this cost?

[@rollingballdave]

Check out website and send through an enquiry. I can then quote on a sculpture for you.

[@egghead6374]

Awesome! I have a suggestion: #WeR1sculptures .

[@titianobsidian6549]

Looks like the size of a PC, is this how computers work?

You should see how Apple Computer's work 🤣