Blowing Nowhere
A power-generating wind turbine, created for the Nowhere festival.
Materials: Stainless steel milking parlour tubes (mast), PVC drainpipe (blades), modified ceiling fan (generator), bike frame (headstock), tent canvas (tail), all salvaged, reclaimed and upcycled.
By day: A power-generating wind-turbine, made entirely from upcycled parts. A 12V leisure battery is charged at ground level, via an old ceiling fan whose rotor coils had been replaced with permanent magnets.
By night: A dynamic LED art piece. An on-board microprocessor controls three LED-laden blades to display hypnotic patterns as the blades turn.
All the time: an intended statement to the traditionally diesel-powered Nowhere festival community that alternative power options exist, and can look good whilst doing so.
Materials: Stainless steel milking parlour tubes (mast), PVC drainpipe (blades), modified ceiling fan (generator), bike frame (headstock), tent canvas (tail), all salvaged, reclaimed and upcycled.
By day: A power-generating wind-turbine, made entirely from upcycled parts. A 12V leisure battery is charged at ground level, via an old ceiling fan whose rotor coils had been replaced with permanent magnets.
By night: A dynamic LED art piece. An on-board microprocessor controls three LED-laden blades to display hypnotic patterns as the blades turn.
All the time: an intended statement to the traditionally diesel-powered Nowhere festival community that alternative power options exist, and can look good whilst doing so.