Steampunk Gear Clock

Materials Used:

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

Tools Suggested:

• Exacto Knife
• Hot Glue Gun
•  Jigsaw

 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.

 Wooden wreath forms worked really well, and gave a little bit of thickness in contrast to the wire wreath rings. 

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.

 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.

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.

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

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.

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