“Lunch with a Helmut On,” welded forks, spoons, 1987, 73 x 31 x 42 inches
From the new CoolTools newsletter (posts go up slightly later than newsletter items): “This shadow sculpture of a motorcycle is built entirely out of 848 welded forks, knives, and spoons. It is based on an earlier concept that Fukada exhibited in his 1965 show, “Toys and Things Japanese.” Fukuda wanted to create a three-dimensional object in which the shadow, as opposed to the actual form, represented the object. Fukuda was to remark that it is extremely difficult to create a three-dimensional object in this fashion that allows light to penetrate evenly. A movie can be seen at http://neuro.caltech.edu/~seckel/mod/fukuda.htm .”
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