Tile clocks

(more clocks are in the works...pun intended!)

                          
                                     
                             
        This clock was inspired by a custom tile I carved for a friend. The leaping dolphins came first, and in keeping with the ocean theme I conceived of starfish to replace the numbers of the clock. I picked clock hands that, for some reason, reminded me of Neptune's trident (even though they aren't three-pronged...)          
                             
                             
                     
  I call this clock "Keeping Time". I have to admit that it was one of the most fun tiles I've ever created. One day I sat sketching ideas for alternative clock faces. Being a violinist, I'm not able to help but have music images often floating around in my head, so I started playing with all the symbols that came to mind. Most of the symbols are aptly replacing a corresponding number (musicians out there will appreciate this most). For instance, I used a quarter note for the number 3...quarter past; the bass clef for the number 9 actually looks like a 9; the double sharp for number 10 actually looks like a roman numeral X, and so on. The finishing touch of the clock face is the circular staff. In recognizing that a chromatic scale has 12 half-steps, I carved 12 measures into my staff. Starting at the number one, I chose the note E flat to begin. As you proceed around by ascending 1/2 steps to 12 you arrive at the note D, where a repeat sign directs you to begin at E flat again.    
                   
                                   
                         
        This clock is called "Fiddle Time". Everything about the carving of this tile clockface is suggestive of the curves of a violin- from the scrolls at 3, 6, 9 and 12 to the little fiddles marking all the other numbers. Lastly the abstract square center hints at the profile of four violin sides.    
                         
                               
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Sam Goodall ~ Pony Barn Ceramics ~ PO Box 503, Rollinsford, NH 03869

      
           

603/431-9199 ~ g.sam33@gmail.com ~ www.ponybarnceramics.com