Elenco Rhinoceros Mini-Beest Kit - Manual (Page 4)

It all began from a
wooden pallet
Jansen started creating the Strandbeests in 1990. The
history of the beests is categorized in several periods.
From 1997 to 2001 is called the Lignatum (wood in
Dutch) period. Jansen experimented with wooden
pallets as the principal construction material.
The wooden pallets that Jansen utilized are those
common pallets for the forklifts that are often seen at a
warehouse or a manufacturing plant. He noticed the
pallets' sturdy structure that can withstand pressures
from all directions and substituted for the
plastics pipes.
At the time, Jansen was testing a
theory that the friction at the leg joints
can be minimized by changing the
overall length of the legs. The longer a
leg becomes, the smoother a leg
operates. However, longer legs made a
beest into a giant and the plastic pipes
tend to collapse as the beest becomes
bigger.
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