I’ve got a thing about making clocks. I don’t mean big complicated Grandfather Clocks or Vienna Regulators – they’re lovely too but have you seen the price of a Hermle movement? Not something you buy very often unless you’re pretty serious about your clock making.
No, I mean making quite simple clocks. You can make a clock by just drilling an appropriate sized hole in a bit of wood and putting in an insert. If you think that doesn’t sound very interesting, try it with a lumpy, scarred bit of driftwood. Give it a bit of a scrub, make a hole, varnish the finished piece. Unique and interesting.
You can get a cheap digital clock mechanism and turn lots of things into clocks. Stick a copy of a favorite picture onto a bit of plywood, drill a hole, there’s a clock. Although I started with wooden clocks I’m now making clocks with paper maché. It’s early days yet but I’ll let you have a look soon and you can tell me what you think.
So anyway, I’m a fan of making clocks. That’s why I started this blog – to share some ideas. If you’ve got a favorite way of making clocks why not leave a comment?
Clocks can make you a few dollars too if you are interested in it from a commercial point of view. Have a look next time you’re near a shop that sells them. Not cheap. So you could be looking at a possible home-based business. I’ll be looking at that a bit as well.
In fact anything to do with clock making. Materials, methods, suppliers, you name it. Let me know what you like to make and maybe I can help show off your creations. Drop me a line if you’re a clock nut too!
Very interested to see what you post here…I have made clocks the past couple of years to sell at craft shows. My clocks were papercrafted, i.e. I used scrapbook papers & embellishments to decorate them. I received lots of good comments, but didn’t sell many. Looking forward to your blog.
Hi Penny, thanks for dropping by.
Do you have any pictures of your clocks? I’m sure other visitors here would like to hear about how you made them. Maybe I could do a an article?