Testing version 1 of grammophone windmill
Early process
After the research project resulting in voor de wind a chair that moves with the wind and uit de wind a wall that adapts to the wind I wanted to build further on working with wind as the natural force that sets my work into motion. Together with my fascination for weather and wind, I feel the urgency to expand on the relationship we have and have had in the netherlands with the wind and how we are losing this. in terms of energy by wind , day to day experience of wind and In my essay I describe how we distance ourselves from the elements. The miller and the windmill could play a central role in reinventing our relationship to the wind.
Molenaar van de toekomst
As a start of this project I reimagined the miller as a keystone personage for re-imagining our relationship to wind. The same way polineasian navigators utilize their cultural heritage as succesful methods to voyage amoung the elements between islands thousands of miles apart, the miller could be the dutch example for this. How would the miller navigate the atmosphere for a modern demand?
Workshop week on windstruments one bladed windmill with a bell Sound blocking windmill First test on pitchable windmill out of pine Second test on pitchable windmillsWindmill during passion projectMechanical research for windmills Experiment for variable transmissians 1:25 reduction mechanism frame design version 1Orange juicer version for greenlight.What to attatch? A breadsaw?A windmill that draws shapes from the wind?
Windmills
I started experimenting with pitch-variable windmills, simply made out of pine wood. How are axises constructed. How do the mechanisms work. and what components are these mills made of? The axis of a windmill is the central piece, in traditional windmills these got extra attention with a dot ar a star
Small windmill axis test Large windmill axis prototype Construction of an old mill Prototype for 6 bladed windmillPrototype for 5 balded windmill Prototype for
How the sails are setup on an old windmill
Orange juicer version - april 2026
Quick sketch for windmill grammophone
Movable windmill that can come to you
The grammophone record invites for a playfull way of involving the audience into listening to the record. making it ideal for an interactive workshop. instead of me making juice on my own we can collectively listen to music.
Grammophone record test - april 2026
In reflection, i wanted to design more towards the audience, which are children from 8-12 years old. the windmill needed to become safer, but also enter a more dream like world where the possibillity of working with wind becomes something radiating fun rather than only a untillitarian demand. so I descided to re-design the windmill as a grammaphone player and found a way to program small usic boxes into windmills, giving the experience an extra layer of trying out on your own.
Experimentation with the frame
Intergration of horn in the frame Sketch for full size windmillRe-design top part Size comparison: Higher is safer but will also stand out more
Experimenting with the top
Windmill blades design
Prototyping shapes whith different amounts of wings
Playing with shapes and colors of the mills
Test prototype musicbox windmill Constructing mill axises with different numbers of wings Test prototype, music box windmillmiddle part of the windmill Iterations for screw on middles5 balded flower windmill Half rounded flat windmillConstruction for smaller windmill Square mill blades Metal cut axis piece