Drawing Machine

In Brian Lucid's Design Studio 02 class we were tasked with creating a drawing machine. After many iterations involving mobiles and pendulums, brushes and pens, I settled on a simple pendulum with a nedymium magnet at the end. The magnet would be repelled by magnets at the base to create interesting movements. At times the drawing machine appeared possessed, as if taken over by mysterious spirits. Brushes and pens created too much friction. To overcome this, I used an LED light and a long camera exposure to create the drawings.