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Carburetions #8
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
Overall dimensions: 6”H x 6”W x 4”D
Carburetions captures the tactile elegance of obsolete technology. Through its sculptural use of mechanical components—motorcycle carburetor body, rusted caps, brass gears, and chains—this piece reimagines a poetic future from the fragments of the industrial past.
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
Overall dimensions: 6”H x 6”W x 4”D
Carburetions captures the tactile elegance of obsolete technology. Through its sculptural use of mechanical components—motorcycle carburetor body, rusted caps, brass gears, and chains—this piece reimagines a poetic future from the fragments of the industrial past.
Materials List
Vintage motorcycle carburetor body
Rusted burner cap
Brass clock gears and cogs
Chain with brass tone links
Mounting hardware and fasteners
Industrial gasket rings
Metal flange base
At once mechanical relic and speculative artifact, Carburetions conjures a future imagined by the past. Centered on a vintage carburetor form, this sculptural piece bristles with interlocked brass gears, a rusted burner cap, and a decorative chain—suggesting a hybrid of steampunk alchemy and forgotten utility. The circular symmetry of its base and crown reinforce the impression of engineered purpose, though its function remains unknown. It invites the viewer to consider the beauty of bygone machines and the poetic residue of their obsolescence.the heart of a mechanical organism. Crowned with an array of precision-cut brass gears and mounted a