Mechanism operation: soft springing motion of the wooden/metallic handle vertically up, backwards vector

Scissors out of wood and metal with a sapphire wheel, 1989.

Project completed for the international knifes and scissors competition. Nagoya Japan, 1989.

Currently part of the “Futurictic city education” project, as a “Mechanical work” exhibit, section “1:1 scale”.

Project commentary (text fragment):

“Legend: The sapphire wheel is so sharp that it doesn’t cut but permeates through the material. And this is an unexplored scale, the scale of the invisible…”

Original material/colour: colour linocut, newspaper.
Original size: 84×70 см

Sold unframed. Shipped rolled up in a tube with regular mail or with an art curier at your request.