Working on the "post condition"

I'm trying to look closer at some of the forms that I have created and pick out a particular characteristic that can help me to evolve my form further. Currently I'm fascinated the point where to rods can be bent and then come together to be attached. My curiosity with attachments obviously is evident within this discovery as a lot of my focus last semester was surrounding this part of my machine.

I know that I need to deal with particular conditions throughout the site so to begin I'm looking at how I can attach a form to a telephone pole. Up to this point I haven't been relating my form from last semester that was highly inspired by Harry Bertoia's sculpture to what I'm trying to achieve, the two have seemed very disconnected. The inspiration for this first form is a direct result of some of the ideas that were presented in my walking machine but applied to a particular site condition. I will begin to develop this idea further as I feel that I'm beginning to tie ideas together nicely which is bringing more meaning and consistency to what I'm creating.

Trying not to effect the structural integrity of the telephone pole (only structural to itself, in that it can stand up, but not support anything else) I wanted to have another element that latched onto the post so that the wire form could then be attached to that. The ring structure mimics the forms that I was creating as an element within my machine and works nicely when applied to this particular condition also. This allows for the possibility of more or less rods according to what is desired or needed to support the structure. This ring would be a static element that would be consistent for other similar conditions throughout the site.

The plan is to have a reflection of this ring component on the top of the structure as well but this piece would have the capability of being dynamic and could slide either up or down the post. This would push the top "umbrella" like structure downwards onto the bottom rods creating a larger diameter / amount of coverage of below to above.

I feel this is really good progress in terms of where I think I want to go with the form. For the first time this semester I have managed to link the relationship of the above and the below, something that has been a constant goal for me.