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Clocks

The range of clocks I've designed throughout the past few years!

I enjoy experimenting with the way time is told through applied art.  

Turtle Clock
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go to Time Zone Display Clock
Go to The Fabric of Time Clock
Go to Sunflower Clock
Go to Time Keeps sTicking Clock
Go to Lunar Movement Clock
Go to Turtle Clock
Time Zone Display Clock

time zone display

This clock can tell the time from 24 different time zones. By using the joystick, you can rotate the location wheel (left) and select a time zone by lining it up in the display window. Once selected, the time wheel (right) will rotate to show the time in that area and update every 15 minutes to show the live time.

Time Zone Display Clock- front view. Windows line up with the wheel displays to show live time in a particular timezone.
Time Zone Display Clock- two 12" wheels with time zones and times in a half-box constructed of lasercut acrylic and wood, and hardware.
Components of the Timezone Display Clock- lasercut wood and acrylic with engraved times and timezones.
Interior components and assembly of the Timezone Display Clock. Wires, motors, arduino, and PCB are visible.

I first designed a template of all physical components, then laser cut and engraved wood and acrylic to make the base and wheels. After assembling, I used an Arduino, joystick module, stepper motors, stepper motor driver modules, and a PCF8523 Real Time Clock chip to keep track of time whether the clock is plugged in or not. I coded, soldered the wires to a PCB board, and tested the final clock. The final clock has 12" wheels with an 8" by 10" base

How I Made it

the fabric of time

Made from old clock and watch mechanics, sewn to fabric with embroidery and sewing thread and backed with wood. 12" round

The Fabric of Time

The Fabric of Time clock- three embroidered gear outlines encircling physical clock components with clock hands telling time in the center
Time Keeps sTicking- CAD-created clock with leaf and rock hour and minute hands, with a wooden second-hand.
time keeps sticking

Inspired by nature, made in Solidworks

Time Keeps sTicking

Rock minute hand and leaf hour hand
leaf hour hand close-up
Time Keeps sTicking 3/4 view
Nail hole for hanging the clock
Interior close-up of the clock's outer ring, constructed of stacked pegs of wood with a valley between the face and outer edge
Close-up of the center of the clock
Time Keeps sTicking Clock
Sunflower Dial

The sunflower seeds tell the hour and minute. The petals of the flower rotate with passing time, making the flower look different each minute of a 12-hour cycle. Inspired by Van Gogh's sunflowers. Made of wood, acrylic paint, plastic sheets, and a clock mechanism. 14" round.

sunflower dial
sunflower dial
Clock made from stacked rings of wood, painted to resemble Van Gogh's sunflowers. The hands are sunflower seeds
Lunar Movement- a black dial rotates around a center sun with the moon telling the hour.
lunar movement
Lunar Movement

There is no hour hand on this clock—the moon tells the hour by rotating around the sun. The minute and second hands are inside the sun. Made of wood, acrylic paint, plastic sheets, and a clock mechanism. 14" round

Turtle Clock

Made from a slice of wood, acrylic paint, watercolor, charcoal, and cork board. The tail is a pendulum! 12" by 8"

turtle clock
Turtle Clock- a painted oval wood slice resembles a turtle shell with cork hour marks and a tail pendulum.
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