Birgit Borstelmann

Statement

From the useful to the miraculous
Wondrous little machines are created when assemblages of discarded utilitarian objects are combined with individually crafted wooden mechanisms. When a crank is turned or the object is moved on its wheels, a piston is lifted here, a flag flutters there, or we are met by the gaze of an eye. Thus, globetrotters, cosmopolitans, stargazers, one-eyed bandits, road cruisers and minimalists come together to form a colorful hodgepodge - created solely to please and to elicit a smile from us.