Back in early January I made
a suspended meditation bell from an old thick walled goblet and other bits.
This weekend I have made a series of three meditation bells or gongs from the gongs of old clocks. These rods in these gongs are tuned rods - beautiful mellow gong sounds. Each of the gongs required a slightly different assemblage approach - though in all I have used the same thick recycled brass plate base cut to the same rectangular size. The strikers for ringing the 'bells' are made from rods out of mini pump push rods.
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Three meditation bells (gongs) |
There is a four rod bell-gong - with a downward angle.
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Four rod bell-gong |
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Four rod bell-gong |
A three rod bell-gong (was 5 rods but two were damagd) on a single metal rod post.
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Three rod bell-gong |
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Three rod bell-gong |
And a two rod bell-gong - I made a special brass bracket to hold the wrought iron base of this bell-gong.
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Two rod bell-gong |
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| ©2014 Barry Smith - Two rod bell-gong |
In my mind all these bell-gongs are small assemblage table sculptural pieces. The four rod bell-gong is my favourite - I like both the form and sound of this meditation bell-gong.
I have been making a few different pieces lately in preparation for our
601 mvr Open Studio weekend on 14-15 June - only three weeks away. I want to have a range of things in our studio-gallery to show visitors the variety in my work.
these are really interesting pieces B. The idea itself is quite brilliant actually! Mind blown!
ReplyDeleteVery nice pieces, B! What a lovely use of the tuned rods. I'd love to hear them; maybe one day...
ReplyDeleteIntriguing for sure and as Luthien noted... Also brilliant! Always looking forward to your next invention!
ReplyDeletesuch a creative thing for you to do
ReplyDeletethey are very handsome
LT, C, L & TL - thanks for dropping by and checking out these little beauties. Regarding the creative use of these tuned rods - funny but as soon as I saw them I knew what I wanted to do with them - must be the strange way my brain is wired. C - and what I love is that they do have such a beautiful tone - the very reason I saw the association with the beginning and ending of meditation. I want to finish them completely before our Open Studio in a couple of weeks as I think they will looked gorgeous as a collection. Have yet to even think about pricing. All - go well & peace. B
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