The most fascinating thing to me by far is when someone developes something, whether functioning or static, that gracefully walks the line between art and science.

The SolarSinger, a fascinating piece of engineering by Markus Kayser, falls into this category. But what makes it art? Is it the machine, the product, the questionable usefullness or perhaps Markus’ clothes?

One of the details I find particulary interesting is that he’s harnessing the energy from the sun using glass to make glass. We all did those experiments when we were kids but I can’t say it ever occured to me to use those powers to create rather than to destroy. Check out the video below documenting the process of this cool and fairly simple concept of using the hot sun in the vast open desert for the purpose to create.

Markus Kayser – Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.