kinetic sculpture

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.

My latest sculpture completion “Voltage Regulator”

on October 4, 2018

I love this one!

Make Magazine feature

on June 29, 2016

Super excited to report we are in the latest issue of Make magazine for our Tesla coil light sculpture from NOCO Mini Maker Fair 2015. Joe Pawelski is the brains behind the Tesla coil. Alanna Brake was our very talented photographer. http://makezine.com/2016/06/29/plasma-play/

Useful Fiction light Sculpture

on May 13, 2016

From a vintage 1930’s Artistic brand of permanent wave hair curling machine, “Useful Fiction” evolved through conversations with the work’s collaborator/collector and his recollection of reading Malcom Gladwell’s book What the Dog Saw. In this book, Gladwell was re-telling the history of women’s hair dye. During the 1950’s, several legendary women […]

Light sculpture

on June 17, 2015

Developed over a decade of experimentation, my fascination with the creative possibilities of light and kinetic sculpture finds me with a body of Animated Luminaria—works at play with organic glass envelopes, heat convection and the alchemy of electrically excitable gasses. This has been possible through collaborations with other artisans and a new, well equipped studio/lab. Over […]

Test and Measure kinetic light sculpture

on April 21, 2015

A quality photo gallery and video of my most recent sculpture “Test and Measure”