Butterfly - Downtown - Tucson, Az
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A butterfly flapping it's wings at the corner of East Toole Ave and 6th Ave in down town Tucson.
Waymark Code: WMHPAR
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2013
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Artist: Ned Schaper
The Iron Butterfly kinetic sculpture at Toole Avenue and 6th Avenue is Schaper’s first piece of public art displayed in public. It is prominent at the gateway of the Warehouse Arts District’s new streetscape art walk improvements for Toole Avenue installed on a single day last October.
A butterfly’s 6½ -foot-wide wings slowly flap up and down from noon to midnight. The butterfly is lighted at night.
But there’s more than the butterfly wings. There are three wheels that create a flywheel effect that drive the wings.
“The mechanism is a Bevel Button Model M wing flapping mechanism with three hinges,” Schaper said. “I could have a little solar panel motor but they made me put in a quarter horsepower motor. I can take my middle finger and turn it. This is basically 700-year-old technology.”
Title of Piece: The Iron Butterfly
Artist: Ned Schaper
Material/Media: Steel, Motor, belts.
Date of Creation or Placement: May 4, 2012
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Corner of Toole Ave and 6th Ave
Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link]
Web link(s) to YouTube or other video: Not listed
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