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Steampunk Gear Clock

February 26, 2015

 

Steampunk Clock sawdust2stitches.com Materials Used:

  • Foam sheets
  • Wire Wreath Forms
  • Wooden Wreath Circle
  • Old Clock(s)
  • Textured Spray  Paint

 

Tools Suggested:

  • Exacto Knife
  • Hot Glue Gun
  •  Jigsaw

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 I  used a ton of wire wreath rings to make the clock.  These rings come in lots of different sizes, which was PERFECT,  I needed to give the clock some diversity.  These worked perfectly. Wire-Wreath-form

  Wooden wreath forms worked really well, and gave a little bit of thickness in contrast to the wire wreath rings.  2-pack-extra-wide-14-craft-rings-for-mixed-media-crafts-for-wreath-poly-mesh-center-piece-wreath-form-for-photo-frame-candle-ring-mobile-dream-catcher-etc_161963

If you aren’t afraid of a little shop work,  consider adding some wooden gears to the mix. I  used a piece of OSB and drew out a “gear”, then used a jigsaw to cut them out.  It worked out great,  BUT it was a little bit of work.

 

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   If the task of cutting out OSB with a jigsaw is a little daunting,  consider using craft foam.  It is easy to cut, and work with. I  simply  drew the design directly onto the craft foam, and then used and exacto knife to cut it out.

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Then of course don’t forget the clocks! I used all sorts of them.  It did not matter if they matched, because  I would ultimately  be spray painting all the components of the clock.

 

 

I ultimately decided the trick to making this look work was layering!   I just started overlapping, and layering all of the different components.  For example,  below you will see that I layered a wooden wreath with a wire form on top, and then hot glued them together.

 

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 Same principle here,  I  cut out a gear out of osb, and then layered a wire wreath ring  behind it.

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Basically,  keep layering  until it looks full!

Last but not least, SPRAY PAINTING!  I used a textured metallic spray paint by Rust-O-Leum.  Worked like a charm. 053bc80b-53a1-40e8-afc2-0ec0055c5bcb_400

Seriously,  the paint is what makes all the difference.  It can take a random group of items, and make them look… IMG_0969 (2)…like a work of art. steampiunk clock

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Comments

  1. Anele @ Success Along the Weigh says

    February 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    There are no words. Stunning is all I can get out…hope that’s okay. 🙂

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      February 26, 2015 at 4:57 pm

      That is perfect! Thank you so much.

  2. Lynne Owens says

    February 26, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    One of my all time favorites! Love it!

  3. Heather Tracy says

    February 26, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    This is now officially my favorite clock. I’ll be making one asap. Thanks!

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      February 27, 2015 at 3:05 am

      You are very welcome! I would love to see pictures when you do!

  4. Cassie says

    February 27, 2015 at 3:54 am

    This is amazing! The wreath forms are just perfect for this. I love it!

  5. Mindi says

    March 9, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    You have a very cleaver brain Corey! How do you come up with this cool stuff!? Love it!

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      March 11, 2015 at 3:02 am

      Thanks lady! I know you can relate to the concept of your brain never shutting down!

  6. Angi Peterson says

    March 10, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    I love this! Hoping to utilize my son’s help in his shop class to make the OSB gears. Did you free hand the gears, or did you use a stencil of some sort? Thanks!

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      March 11, 2015 at 2:56 am

      I traced a circle and then just free handed the OSB. It was just a little it of math, and a straight edge. Nothing too tricky, good luck, and I ‘d love to see it if you end up doing it!
      Thanks for reading.

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