I have listed 4 Wireless Computer Mice for sale! Get em while you can! http://www.aaronristau.com/art/sale/rotobotmouse-sales/
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Recently one of my favorite sculptures had an unfortunate encounter with a gravity field and had to come back to it’s birthplace, my studio, for repairs. This gave me the opportunity to get some video of this incredible sculpture Frontier Cartography Droid I was also able to get video of another sculpture from the same [...]
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http://melristau.com/blog/the-fabric-of-knowledge-a-kinetic-sculpture/ Aspen leaves spinning over a sunlit Colorado stream, and a diverse student community are associations woven into this suspended kinetic sculpture. The 25 x 50 x 6′ work is composed of stainless steel cable, tube and rod, and 920 variously textured aluminum panels. The sculpture folds and unfolds like a curtain of branches stirring [...]
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I am getting close enough to releasing the latest versions of my custom wireless computer mouse that I am now taking preorders. There is a 4 week lead-time. If you preorder one in March they come with brass business card, and 1 inch Aaron Ristau Studio buttons for $250. Specific character keys, colors, and other [...]
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I finished populating the Archive section of AaronRistau.com 175+ sculptures from 1998- 2010 are listed.
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I think this motor is from a very old barbershop sign. I welcome advice. It will run for about 20 minutes on a full winding. Very low torque. I dipped and flushed the coil spring assembly in carburetor cleaner for a day instead of breaking that part all the way down. I am considering converting [...]
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New Sculpture “Fish Finder” from Aaron Ristau Studio I was inspired by stream and lake trout fishing as a youth. I grew up spending time each summer fishing the streams and ponds around Turkey creek and Treasure Falls between Pagosa Springs and the Wolf Creek ski area of Colorado. I imagined a device that could [...]
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I was inspired by stream and lake trout fishing as a youth. I grew up spending time each summer fishing the streams and ponds around Turkey creek and Treasure Falls between Pagosa Springs and the Wolf Creek ski area of Colorado. I imagined a device that could process information related to the angler’s age old [...]
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Video and better photos will have to wait until after I get back from a trip to Va.
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