The Equilibrium Machine Photograph - Limited Edition of 30

The sphere suspended from the machine’s superstructure underwent the most changes as I worked on this image. I started out going for something that seemed to be born from the light of an old lighthouse, constructed of brass and optical glass. It was an interesting idea, but even as I worked out its details I realized it lacked the necessary visual and physical weight to play its role of creating balance for the machine. Next I experimented with spheres of rough and polished stone, and settled on one made of smooth gray granite. I considered the piece to be finished, but whenever I went to make prints I had new doubts about the sphere. Then I remembered a large spherical lamp made of small leaded panes of glass I’d seen mounted on a gatepost outside an old San Francisco mansion. Darkened with age it had the same mass as the granite sphere but with more interest and complexity, and so became the piece that had been missing from the image’s puzzle. Limited edition of 30 - signed and numbered on the print below the image and on an enclosed Certificate of Authenticity. Printed on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, an archival fine art paper. Image printed area: 12 x 18 inches. Total print size including white borders: 13 x 19 inches. It will be shipped rolled, securely inside a shipping tube.