Materials and Concepts: Project 2

Definition: Archetype: a universally understood symbol (or term, pattern,
behavior); a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned or emulated

Utilize rapid prototyping technologies (Illustrator/Service Bureau) to offer a new
interpretation of a universal form that reflects contemporary thinking/aesthetics
through an exploration of material, form, function and construction.

Death To The Wall Clock (14.5” x 12.5”)

When being assigned to create a wall clock I immediately thought of them as more of a decoration rather than a device to measure time. In today’s society, when checking the time, I find that I am always using an electronic source such as my cell phone of the microwave, rarely ever looking for a clock on the wall. This idea brought me to the conclusion of my piece which plays on the idea of newer technology overcoming and defeating older technology. I wanted the main focus of my design to incorporate the cell phone, now giving it a duel function by being a clock and a cell phone holder, so I created just the gears of the clock. This strips down the outer layer of the wall clock, leaving the idea of a clock but not the actual functioning clock. I made the hands of the clock as decoration to be placed in between two of the gears as if the clock was being stabbed by its own hands. The bottom gear is placed on its side and that is where the cell phone is held, right in front of the stabbed, bare, wall clock; this implies that the cell phone murdered the wall clock.

            In order to continue with the play of my piece, I used an opal colored acrylic as my material and sourced out the pegs of the gears, using gold screws. The opal acrylic implies that the wall clock is starting to disappear, but there are still parts that are solid, such as the gold screws. The acrylic is light weight and smooth; this works very well for hanging the piece and it captures the concept of a fading object very well.