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Silver Swan Clockwork Automaton, with mechanical water

submitted by Gale Wallis

(bareboards2)
7 years 4 months 1 week ago

Amazing. Full on amazing.

9 Comments

Astonishing *quality blend of art and engineering.
*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, December 15th, 2016 9:14am PST - promote requested by newtboy.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.

FlowersInHisHair

Extraordinary thing. My jaw literally dropped.

But swans are herbivores!

cryptoz says...

lol, opps!

But swans are herbivores!

@wraith -- out of sheer curiosity, I googled it. Some Swan organization says they eat insects and molluscs also.

So maybe those weren't little fishies? Maybe they were huge insects? Or mobile shellfish?

That was my first thought too (after picking my jaw up off the ground).

Incredible artist. Astounding engineer. Not so great on the old biology though.

But swans are herbivores!

00Scud00 says...

Swans also aren't typically made of silver either, so there may be some artistic license at play.

But swans are herbivores!

DrivelsAdvocate

His next project was the Golden Goose, but he never made any money from it.

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