Auspicious Messenger 2015

Bob Potts is a kinetic sculptor whose art joyfully joins natural forms and functions with mechanical, aesthetic and technical beauty. This film is one of several collaborations between Bob, Peter Carroll (filmmaker) Bryan Root (filmmaker) and Peter Dodge (musician). Potts is represented by . gallery whose website ()says this: In his one-man workshop housed in an 1850s barn, Potts creates ethereal kinetic sculptures capturing the very essence of natural rhythmical movements like the flight of birds or the oars of boats in his inimitable style. The 72-year-old is a connoisseur of form, movement, and visual grace. “My work is the manifestation of ideas that come to me from the natural world. The grace and form of all living things, and the way they interact, leaves me in awe.“ The New York state-based artist manages to capture this reverence for nature by using a pallet of gears, cranks, sliders, levers and chain links to