Kinetic wave sculptures made out of salvaged/recycled wood.

Check out this short film on Reuben Margolin's wave sculptures (hat tip to Boingboing). They are really quite remarkable, and I'm thankful I don't have one in my office (this is a complement, since I'd just be staring at it all day).

Best of all, this amazing work is created with salvaged wood demonstrating yet another artistic endeavor that uses recycling as a central tenant.

It's funny, but when I watched the video I was immediately reminded of the "dipping bird."

There must be something about moving entities that draw our eyes in (hmmm - will have to look that up).

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