beach artwork

beachcomber come across some pretty strange thing along the shoreline but nothing as unusual  the magical moving creatures created by Dutch artist  Theo Jansen. Theo Jansen has been making beach animals for more than 20 years His creatures look like giant dinosaur skeletons come to life  powered by the wind the sculptures appear to be walking. The beach animals are a form of kinetic or moving  sculpture The creatures move by creating their own energy The plastic tubes fit one inside the other and slide back and forth The forces air in and out of the tubes building  pressure that creates movement . Jansen calls each creature a stranbdeest that  Dutch for beach animal When his animals aren't  strolling along the beach they'er being admired in science and art museums. Theo Jansen studied physics in college and he uses his scientific knowledge to create create his artwork.