No. 0129 desk setup · Decor

About this product

A desk sculpture that never seems to repeat itself. The Swinging Sticks is a double-pendulum kinetic sculpture with polished aluminum arms on a black base, designed to look as if it is changing speed and direction for no apparent reason while it keeps rotating. The listing is upfront that this is an illusion of perpetual motion, not the real thing: it is driven by electric current and electromagnetic fields, with sensors, a central coil and neodymium magnets in the arms nudging the motion along, and it takes 4 AA batteries, which are not included. The listing gives a battery duration of 6 months and says it runs nearly silent, with only a small tick that may be heard at very low volume. It measures 13.8 inches wide, 3.1 deep and 14.9 tall. Each unit is assembled by hand, tested for a minimum of 4 to 7 days, carries a laser-etched unique serial number and comes with 2 years of product support. Listed contents: the sculpture, in triple-boxed packaging.

Highlights

• Double-pendulum motion with the illusion of perpetual motion
• Polished aluminum arms on a black base
• Electromagnetic drive, runs on 4 AA batteries (not included)
• Nearly silent, with only a faint tick
• 13.8 x 3.1 x 14.9 inches, hand assembled, unique serial number