Continuing my posts on the clocks from Half Clocked. Please click here for part 1.
Debora made the beautiful brass clock. The brass had naturally aged while in storage, and that made the hands hard to see. I added a little black paint to bring them back. I cut and painted a block of basswood to serve as the wall mount and attached the clock to the porch.
The front gable was enclosed to make more wall space, so I needed a lot of clocks to fill the area.
The two large openwork clocks are from Arjen Spinhoven. I painted them black and Liquitex Iridescent Bronze. The hands are cut as one piece, but I was able to give them some depth by shaving the front/back of each piece. One set separated during the process, so I was able to set it to a different time. Below, you can see the clock kit and the plant stand that is also used in the build.
The round pale green clock and the pocket watch clock are kits from Art of Mini.
I printed new dials and added watch hands.
The small round clock in the upper right is a jewelry finding with the bail removed.
The fancy framed clock was a frame kit by Diminutive Details.
I printed a new dial and added watch hands. I left off one of the laser cut trims in the final assembly since it seemed too overpowering.
The teapot clock is from the Newport. I printed a clock face, pasted it to a round bit of wood and pressed it into an open jewelry finding in the shape of a teapot.
I purchased a whimsical clock kit from the online mini show, but I made only two of them for lack of time (it makes five clocks, but three are shown here).
These were to be dimensional, but the parts were so small I opted to make mine more in the line of pressed metal. I added block backs to give them a more realistic feel. They also have glitter accents and watch hands.
The cat clock is on the window wall. The clock above it is a metal scrapbook frame with a new printed face and watch hands.
Yeah, had to have a cuckoo clock in the cuckoo clock, right? This awesome kit is from MiniaturasMyE.
It came with a wood cuckoo, but I wanted a little more realism. I thought I had a half scale bird from Barbara Meyer, but I couldn’t find it. Instead, I used a full scale bird and shaved it down to fit. It wasn’t until later that I realized the cuckoo was out but the time was not on the hour (or half hour).
I moved the hands to the right place…much better.
The fancy plant stand is from ArjenSpinhoven. I didn’t want to lose the carved detailing, so I stained it Minwax Driftwood and finished with Delta Ceramcoat Matte Varnish. The working clock on the top is from Halls Miniature Clocks, and the ceramic rabbit and brass seal figurine were likely from Manor House Miniatures.
Part 3 here.
