The Green ball , named after those
green balls you put in the washing machine that seem to vanish into thin air
, Actually the ball is bronze as the green balls proved to be too bouncy.
The machine designed by Paul Spooner has a complicated action . The ball
starts off in the copper basin and drops through a pair of doors , rolling
down the ramp on the front of the model and into a lift that deposits the
ball in the washing machine. Meanwhile Trudy polishes the machine vigorously
, as soon as the balls arrives in the washing machine it vibrates and after
a spin cycle the door opens . The ball bounces down the steps and ends up in
the copper basin ( usually ) and the whole cycle begins again. I should add
that Trudy gets rather excited as the washing machine door opens.
The machine is 220mm x 140mm x 320mm high.
Materials include Douglas fir, copper , brass , lime , yew and Tufnol.
Finished in October 1997 , an edition of 34.
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