The Rolling Ball Web
An Online Compendium of
Rolling Ball Sculptures, Clocks, Etc.
By David M. MacMillan et. al.
Gene Olson and his studio, Mettleworks (a partnership with Chris Wilson), have produced several ball run sculptures, including The Tempest and Havin' a Ball. Olson and Mettleworks have placed information about these sculptures on the World-Wide Web at:
http://www.cris.com/~mettlewk/
Olson is reachable by conventional means at:
Wilson-Olson Studios1976-1983. Multi-tracked. Once leased to The Children's Museum of Minnesota. The artist describes this sculpture on his WWW page.
See: http://www.cris.com/~mettlewk/tempest/index.html
1995. 20'x26'x15'. Olson's WWW page desribes this as "A major interactive kinetic piece from the Minnesota Musuem of American Art's show 'Adventures in the Art Zone.'" He provides an excellent description of the piece, with a sketch and pictures.
See: http://www.cris.com/~mettlewk/havin-a/index.html
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