Moon Bead, 1968

Moon Bead, 1968, steel wand, bead, motor, wooden base, 203 x 40 x 40 cm.  One of Lye’s most delicate and enchanting works.  A small silver ball, excited by a reciprocating silver wand, orbits and dances in space. 

“Well, it’s somewhat like the way the scientist traces the tracks of an elusive particle of energy in a cloud chamber” - Len Lye