Those of you with arachnophobia may want to turn away from your monitors. This enormous inflatable spider puppet was built by UK artist Tim Davies for street and carnival performances. Details are still scarce on its inner workings or controls but Davies mentions that the legs are “air-powered.” Video!
[TD Artwork via Technabob]
Ozoneocean
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 10:33 PMWhat a clever design, and it looks quite realistic!
I wonder if he pumps extra in or releases it to make those legs open or contract? Very clever!
josh
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 11:32 PMAdam “tarantula”… Its only 1 letter… hilarious
S0ULphIRE
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:44 AMPretty easy. You’ll notice before the leg swings in it always raises a bit, so to make it work all he has to do is raise the air pressure (which makes the leg want to straiten) then suddenly drop it allowing gravity to swing the leg in, then when it reaches the apex of its inward swing, he sets the air pressure back to “middle”. Well, the program does.
olearymo
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:40 AMDonna Noble not impressed.
Jaezass
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:47 AMTime to break out the industrial sized Mortein me thinks!