1. Alexander Calder and his WIRE CREATIONS

2. Alexander Calder Earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1919 Worked as a sculptor using wire, wood and other materials Learned how to create “volume without mass”

3. Elephant, 1928. Acrobat, 1929.

4. Steel Fish, 1934. “Kinetic” Sculpture Sculptures that are able to move on their own

5. “mobile” kinetic sculpture that hangs from the ceiling “stabile” kinetic sculpture that hangs from a base and armature

6. Geometric Shapes – Any regular shape or form consisting of measurable lines and angles or shapes from geometry; shapes with names Organic Shapes – Any shapes or forms that are irregular; suggestive of shapes or forms found in nature

8. Calder’s “Flamingo” sculpture in Chicago.