Because they move, wind spinners often use a geometrical design that looks great from multiple angles. The spinners include multiple concentric circles, often between six and 12, that can either ...

the executive director of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum in Wilson. The largest structure is a metallic cut out of eight mules. When the wind blows the mules’ legs move in ...

Gierga cuts, trims, buffs and welds stainless steel into pieces that he proudly calls “Wind Spinners.” “I start out my day by saying, ‘Hey, that looks good!’ or sometimes when I can’t ...

As a physical biologist at Stanford University in California, he is now transforming that simple toy, called a whirligig ... twist around each other as they wind and unwind, but also form coils ...