Multimedia Movie #1 "Conductor," wide shot 923K, MPG Movie #2 Close-up of conducting action 444K, MPG Need the plugin?

At a show in Philadelphia, I got the grandiose idea of making a large, wall-mounted piece that is filled with multiple figures, (animals riding bikes, playing musical instruments, dancing; etc.) and I sketched a conductor as the center focal point. When I got home I began drawing and engineering. I thought I could use a 50 lbs. test braided fishing line run through small pulleys, operated by a crank. I came up with a way to join the line and made about 25 pulleys. The piece measured about 2' x 3'. After about 50 or so hours of trying to figure out this way-too-complicated mechanism, and before any figures were carved, I decided I was, in fact, insane, and cut down the piece to accommodate only one figure, the conductor. The challenge here was to make his arms move as random as possible. I will say I learned a lot from making this piece.