Just gravity and physics. My hand just pulled down on the body… the way the strings are attached and the pieces are balanced are what allow for the flappin’. It’s not new at all, nothing I came up with. After much searching, I finally found a youtube vid that helped me tremendously on getting the balance mechanics…
Not a new design here… but a new version, as in copper spray paint for the dragon, black spray paint for the base, and fancier chains. The chains are holding up the dragon, but they are not glued or welded… it’s a “tensegrity”* art piece. (*Rabbithole warning!)
And I started working on My version of your Mobile, it will fly above (on a flagpole) and below there will be LED fire torches and the fire breathing dragon as the centerpiece (well, this is my concept) here are pictures of the right wing, I wanted them to be more ‘leathery’ so the are engraved, and scored, and then stained purple.