Klockwerks — Timeless Timepieces
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 02.28.06
Lurking in a old munitions factory (pic below) in downtown Toronto there are, apparently, 650 drawers, 73 milk crates and 194 boxes of catalogued 'stuff'. Whether this be true or not, we are unlikely to discover. But we can deduce that Roger Wood is a meticulous artist who goes about the craft of turning this 'stuff' of society’s discarded debris into very eclectic clocks. Not for the faint of wallet, they are nethertheless unique and functional pieces of art, which not only tell the current time, but that of memories past. ::Klockwerks (from a tip mentioned by Ryan F., months ago in a story about bamboo and recycled HDPE clocks.)
What fantastic images, these wonderful creations
should be on the cover of time magazine!
Perhaps this wonderful artist can be commissioned
to remodel Big Ben n London.
I like clocks a lot and these designs have a wondrous quality they hint of surrealism and
would fit within their own magical universe as well as of course our own.
I wish I lived in Toronto so that I could put one of these in my apartment.
I shall not suprised if these clock show up in
the cinema shortly.
Wonderful work!
Wow, cool post. Thanks!
Chris
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