Materials News

Sculpting from leftover PC
Makrolon polycarbonate (PC) from Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has helped UK sculptor Richard Broderick find an unusual use for this material. Using Makrolon sheets left over from a larger project, he has created a metre high metal bird sculpture called the Mating Bird.

The sculptor spent around 40 days over six months making the figure, which has a wingspan of 1.2 m, features flapping wings, a tail that lifts and fans and a neck and head that turns from left to right as it raises and lowers. The bird opens its beak and its eyes light up as it displays for an imaginary mate. The mechanisms are driven by motors housed in a Perspex box allowing the viewer to see how the bird works.