Like a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci, the Dutch artist engineered his lumbering Strandbeests out of PVC-pipe and zip-ties. For the past 25 years, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has dedicated his life’s work ...

Two Strandbeest took a walk outside Boston City Hall on Friday, as part of a promotion of a Salem museum's exhibit. The skeletal creatures, known as "Strandbeest" or "beach animals," were created by ...

Jansen wrangles a strandbeest, Animaris Apodiacula, on the beach in 2013. Courtesy of Theo Jansen/photo by Uros Kirn There’s a moment that gets Dutch artist Theo Jansen excited—the moment when you ...

A Strandbeest is an amazing “beach animal”, a kinetic sculptural creation that walks across beaches moved by the wind but propelled by a blend of imagination plus the artistic and technological ...

A traveling exhibit of Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s wind-powered Strandbeests (“beach animals”) makes its only West Coast appearance at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, opening tomorrow and running ...

For once, not everyone gathered around Cloud Gate this morning was there to take a selfie. Instead, a small group of onlookers was there to watch Dutch artist Theo Jansen walk his Strandbeest kinetic ...

About a year ago, a member of my family sent me a video featuring [Theo Jansen’s] StrandBeest, knowing that I was interested in all kinds of wacky and hackish inventions. My initial reaction was ...

Theo Jansen gathered with a small group of people last week to bring Animaris Suspendisse back from the dead. All 43 feet of it was standing in the exhibition hall of Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, ...

Look! Out on the beach! It’s a whale. It’s a plesiosaur. It’s a dragon. It’s actually a strandbeest — all and none of those things — and it’s coming to Crane Beach. Or they are coming to Crane Beach.

Wind-powered mechanical creatures called Strandbeests ("beach animals") have landed in the United States for a visit. Designed by Dutch artist Theo Janson, the Strandbeest is made of PVC pipes and ...

Dutch artist Theo Jansen is famous for his massive walking Strandbeest sculptures. Now, he’s releasing miniature (and much cuter!) 3-D printed versions. For more than 20 years, Dutch artist Theo ...