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Marquetry Clock

comments (1) December 22nd, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

RJ1403 RJ1403, member
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Cocobolo frame supports clock face and Hermle quartz movement with pendulum and selectable Westminster chimes or Ave Maria melodies.
Clock face inspired by Cutting Multi-Pointed Stars by John Sedgwick, Canadian Marquetry, Dec. 1997. 24-point star design was made with Birdseye Maple and Fiddleback Sapele and embedded in a Walnut Burl veneer backing.
Cocobolo frame supports clock face and Hermle quartz movement with pendulum and selectable Westminster chimes or Ave Maria melodies. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

Cocobolo frame supports clock face and Hermle quartz movement with pendulum and selectable Westminster chimes or Ave Maria melodies.
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This is a Christmas present for my wife this year -- she has always been in love with clocks having Westminster chimes.  The clock face was created from contrasting veneers along the design concept in the article by John Sedgwick -- see also the Marquetry Society of Canada website at http://www.marquetrysociety.ca.  The 24-point star was cut into a background veneer of burl walnut and then applied to one face of a 1/4" sheet of MDF with a quilted maple veneer for the other side to balance the stresses.  The cocobolo frame was rabbeted to accept the clock face, and cocobolo blocks were added to provide a mounting mechanism for the clock on a wall.  The quartz movement is from the German manufacturer Hermle.


Design or Plan used: My own design
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travisty travisty writes: beautiful!
Posted: 5:18 pm on February 21st

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