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Illustration from Making Things Book 2 by Ann Wiseman Making Mobiles, Mobiles Art Sculpture, Mobile Illustration, Mobiles Art, Calder Mobile, Mobiles For Kids, Make A Mobile, Mobile Project, Mobile Sculpture

I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge…

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Hanging Spider, Calder Mobile, Mobile Sculpture, Foyer Modern, Apartments Decorating, Decorate Entryway, Pallet Decorations, Decorating Farmhouse, Valentines Decorations

Alexander Calder, Hanging Spider, c. 1940. Painted sheet metal and wire, overall: 49 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (125.7 × 90.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Mrs. John B. Putnam Bequest 84.41. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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