Date: 1992
Materials: Steel, glass, mercury
Dimensions: 3m x 1m x 0.4m
One of two works selected by open submission for See Through Art, a touring exhibition organised by the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland, shown nationally and at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
A wall-mounted kinetic sculpture set in motion by the viewer. As the pendulum swings, the cradle rocks and a crystal ball rolls back and forth within it, disturbing the rhythm of the swing with a subtle eccentricity. Suspended at the base of the pendulum, a hollow glass sphere holds a ball of liquid mercury, adding its own shifting weight to the motion.
The only surviving documentation of the work is the photograph reproduced in the exhibition catalogue (1993).