Hasta La Ideas

All photos courtesy of Anthony Howe and Rodrigo Melgave.

Surrounded by steel, Anthony Howe got his inspiration for his kinetic sculptures while working as a superintendent for a warehouse in New York City. The former painter had become bored, and saw potential in the industrial metal and iron around him.

But he wanted to do something more than just cut steel and form static patterns from the parts. He wanted things to move. The result is mesmerizing and enormous: Steel sculptures that turn and swerve, and deceive us.

His works look like animated graphics but are three-dimensional intricate pieces that are “kinetic” because they move in the wind. The Creators Project calls them “real-world screensavers.”

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