Search: Search Gizmo Art Production state of the art for everything art About Exhibitions Sculptures News Services Contact In 2010, Gizmo helped Berkeley kinetic artist Reuben Margolin engineer, build and install his breathtaking sculpture. Client: Reuben Margolin Category: Sculpture Fabrication Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas Date: 2010 “Nebula” hangs 132 feet down from the ceiling of the Anatole Hilton in Dallas, Texas. The ambitious 7 ton project contains 45,000 parts all suspended from 4 points, with one motor driving a series of cables over pulleys to undulate the 90’ x 55’ assembly of bicycle reflectors and anodized aluminum support cones and rods 80’ feet over the heads of visitors to the hotel. The Nebula has thousands of custom amber crystals organized in a multi-tiered, geometric pattern made from 14,064 bicycle reflectors, anodized aluminum cones and rods. The movement of the Nebula is created through one mechanism fanning out to 10 miles of aircraft cable and 1780 pulleys, all supported by and engineered steel truss, and driven by one electric motor. Throughout design & fabrication, Gizmo stuck to their principle of not compromising the artist’s vision while tackling the thousands of mechanical and material decisions needed to complete a sculpture of this scale. Project navigation PREVIOUS Previous project: Barbara Grygutis NEXT Next project: Yuri Suzuki Related projects RECENT POSTS Lucy in the Sky now lives in the Central Subway Union Square / Market Street Station, San Francisco March 11, 2021 Percent for Art December 8, 2020 Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA will soon have a Ned Kahn Sculpture Installed November 9, 2020 CODAsummit Virtual: The Intersection of Art, Technology and Place September 29, 2020 130 year old tree to become Tunnel Top Benches September 8, 2020 Gumnut Grove is coming soon to Bay Area Discovery Museum August 25, 2020 Architectural Metal (7) Art in public places (3) Art Installation (3) Business (3) children's museum (1) Children's Museum Exhibit (16) Concept Development (7) Conference (2) Design (8) Design Process (3) Development (2) Display (10) Exhibit (33) Fabrication (56) Giving back (1) Installation (38) Internships (1) Lifestyle & Hobby (1) Marketing (2) Mentoring (1) Metal Fabrication (5) Prototype (1) Public Art (11) Sculpture (8) Tutoring (1) Uncategorized (3) World News (1) E-mail: info@gizmosf.com Phone: 415-222-6181 Get a Quote Find us on: Facebook page opens in new window Instagram page opens in new window NEWS Lucy in the Sky now lives in the Central Subway Union Square / Market Street Station, San Francisco March 11, 2021 Percent for Art December 8, 2020 Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA will soon have a Ned Kahn Sculpture Installed November 9, 2020 CODAsummit Virtual: The Intersection of Art, Technology and Place September 29, 2020 130 year old tree to become Tunnel Top Benches September 8, 2020 RECENT PROJECTS Portfolio Categories Art Installations Children's Museum Cultural Center Exhibitions Interactive Kinetic Sculpture Multimedia Outdoor Sculpture Public Art Science Museums Sculpture