Derived from the Styliner clock which was loosely based on the dashboard of my 1957 Oldsmobile. I had been thinking of making a second generation of the Techno Clock which I made in 1995 and I thought that the Styliner shape was a good basis from which to start. I cast up a plaster Styliner and got out my chisels. I wanted a clock which looked elegant and mechanical and I didn't have much more of an idea than that. Quite a lot of my work is done like this I start and the design evolves as I go along. When I got the tensile skeletal look which I wanted, I started drawing all over it. I wanted it to contain some of the elements of the techno clock so that there would be a continuation between the two designs. As it was becoming more bio-mechanical in its looks, the name Timenator was coined and I leaned towards a carapace type quality for the main casing to contrast with the leafspring structure of the legs.It remains one of my favourite clocks and one of the most enjoyable to make |
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