mobiles (sculpture)

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

Instructions for making progressively more difficult mobiles including moving toys, simple mobiles, and balanced mobiles.

Instructed to get rid of all her broken toys, Kenya, with the help of her father, recycles them into art for her class project.

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

Contains step-by-step instructions for making horizontally balanced mobiles, covering materials, tools, design, cutting elements, balancing, hanging and swivels, painting, finishing, and other topics.

Demonstrates how to make simple mobiles from household materials.

Gives instructions for creating simple mobiles using such materials as paper, cardboard, sticks, styrofoam, wood, clay, and wire.

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.