Robert Shuttleworth of "shuttlewerks" is a commercial artist currently creating sculptured ephemera in the city of Toronto, Canada. His mechanical creations have been featured on Canadian television news and are often seen in commercial installations in and around Toronto as well as displayed in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. Two of his sculptures will be seen in the new Sarah Polley film “SPLICE” due for release in 2009. The robot like sculptures ( NOBOTS because they are not animated) are made from a mixture of found objects, antique store basement treasures and new materials. They are inspired by Norman Bel Geddes and Raymond Loewy whose visions of the "Modern Age" in part shaped industrial design of the 40's and 50's. The materials are wood, metal, Bakelite, glass, plastic, rubber and paint.
Each NOBOT which can take up to a month to complete is a unique one -of- a kind sculpture, and has minimal moving parts and no batteries. They are not meant to be toys.
CONTACT:
shuttlewerks1@gmail.com
Monitor stand made from vintage fireplace insert from Peterborough Canada possibly 1910. Gas fittings removed and platform installed. CAMPAQ W17q lcd fit perfectly. Monitor sits at perfect height but does have some adjustment.
Web cam created out of a nice old French metronome case. Materials are cast aluminum, lamp parts, one side of a vintage headphone, telephone cable, glass bead, Labtec web cam. Works really well and is a nice additon to the wooden desk. Classic look.
Works Nicely Old lamp parts. egg slicer. aluminum ring lazy Susan bearing, wire, springs, vintage cloth covered headphone cable, vintage brass 1/4 inch plug, microphone
Steam Punk remake of a heater to a web cam with 1890's optics yields Alice Through the Looking Glass style view. World War ll headphone/mic combination completes the functional apparatus. January 2009