Games – James A. Bonacci

Final Meditations/Games I and II, 2024
Mixed media, anodized aluminum game pieces.
Game I: 4” x 4” x 2”, Game II: 6” x 9” x 2”

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Nonsense/Game 16 – The Spider’s Web, 2024
Mixed media, 8” diameter x 1.75” height, 9 wood game pieces
(the final Nonsense/Game. Or is it?)

Nonsense/Game 15 – Sixty-Three Buttons, 2024
Mixed media, 3 game boards @ 5” x 5” x 2”, 50 game pieces

Nonsense/Game 12 – Sticks and Stones, 2021
Mixed media, 11” long x 2.75” wide x 2 high”

Nonsense/Game 9 – Hydroelectric, 2019
Mixed Media, 2.5” x 4 3/8” x 0.75” (closed)

Nonsense/Game 8 – Roundabout, 2019
Mixed Media, Board: 6.5” x 7” x 2”; Game pieces: 1 @ 2.75”, 2 @ 2”, and 8 @ 1.5”

Nonsense/Game 5: Hot Air Balloon Paris II, 80 Days, 2018
Mixed media, 26” x 6.75” x 3”, 7 cards, 1 film strip

Nonsense/Game 4: Words Too Hard To Pronounce, 2018
Oak, wood stain, ink stamping, 7” x 7” x 1.5”, 84 pieces

Nonsense/Game 3: Nobles and Knaves, 2017
Mixed media, 4” x 6” x 1.5” – 3”, 34 game pieces

Nonsense/Game 2: Planet and Moons, 2016
Mixed media, 4 game boards are 14” x 14” x 7/8”

Nonsense/Game 1: Heaven And Earth Play Boules, 2014
Installation, board: 72” x 5.5” x 1”, balls: 2” and 4”

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The Nonsense/Meditations Games, 2000 – 2004, 2018
Wood, anodized, plated, machined aluminum, board sizes vary, game piece sizes vary

Note: All games on this page were designed and built with the help of industrial designer and model maker, Hob Bosold. I owe him a great debt of gratitude for access to his materials, his machine skills, and his very creative brain.