Let me ask the question, then I will go on about the why.
Has anyone seen a pattern for an Art Deco style mantel, or shelf, clock?
I am aware that scroll saw work and Art Deco style don't exactly go togeather. In fact I always associated Art Deco with brass, chrome, and bakelite (sp?), stone, and such.
However, here is my thought thread:
- I got asked, in a social situation, about an art deco, rococo style, or tambour style clock for a shelf (think of a mantel without a fireplace) which I was thinking maybe as a bandsaw project
http://www.blueheronwoods.com/DecoLamClocks.htm
http://www.libertys.com/libert05.htm
However:
- then I saw a post about plastic mirror behind a rose cutout by JT
- then at Wildwood Designs and at Sloan's workshop I was looking at the options for acrylic plastics
- then at Rich Hutchenson's web site, on the clock patterns, pattern book #206 I saw his pattern #2071 (not exactly deco, but could be modified to be close enough)
- Which made me think of using the white marble acrylic sold at Sloan's for Rick's pattern, except the acrylic sheet is too thin (1/8 inch)
- Which got me thinking --
Maybe some one else has tried to come up with an Art Deco mantel clock in the past.
So I am asking the question.
GrayBeard Phil
Has anyone seen a pattern for an Art Deco style mantel, or shelf, clock?
I am aware that scroll saw work and Art Deco style don't exactly go togeather. In fact I always associated Art Deco with brass, chrome, and bakelite (sp?), stone, and such.
However, here is my thought thread:
- I got asked, in a social situation, about an art deco, rococo style, or tambour style clock for a shelf (think of a mantel without a fireplace) which I was thinking maybe as a bandsaw project
http://www.blueheronwoods.com/DecoLamClocks.htm
http://www.libertys.com/libert05.htm
However:
- then I saw a post about plastic mirror behind a rose cutout by JT
- then at Wildwood Designs and at Sloan's workshop I was looking at the options for acrylic plastics
- then at Rich Hutchenson's web site, on the clock patterns, pattern book #206 I saw his pattern #2071 (not exactly deco, but could be modified to be close enough)
- Which made me think of using the white marble acrylic sold at Sloan's for Rick's pattern, except the acrylic sheet is too thin (1/8 inch)
- Which got me thinking --
Maybe some one else has tried to come up with an Art Deco mantel clock in the past.
So I am asking the question.
GrayBeard Phil
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