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Coming from a family of artisans, Loveland, Colorado artist Aaron Ristau has a fascination for creating kinetic light sculpture with plasma illumination technologies that blend nostalgic aesthetics with modern function.

Busy Summer for Aaron Ristau Studio

on July 15, 2011

So Busy!… Parenting during the summer schedule, A new commission project, and mouse orders! The commission is for an Orrery/ Chandelier/ Mobile and installs in August… more soon. Here are a few images from the workbench… The latest mouse is for sale at the moment….

Wireless Computer Mice 4 Sale

on May 27, 2011

I have listed 4 Wireless Computer Mice for sale! Get em while you can! http://aaronristau.com/art/sale/rotobotmouse-sales/

Three New Videos Released

on April 16, 2011

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 […]

Archive Section of aaronristau.com complete

on January 25, 2011

I finished populating the Archive section of AaronRistau.com 175+ sculptures from 1998- 2010 are listed.

Large Wind Up Motor Restoration

on January 22, 2011

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 […]