Inspired by the the architectural beauty of the Notre Dame. This clock is designed to showcase the "quintessentially Gothic architectural feat accomplished by traversing apertures with visually delicate but structurally strong webs of stone that break the glass into smaller shapes in a symmetrical way, distributing weight equally across the perforated wall, creating the impression of a curtain of light.
Notre Dame's north transept wall, consisting of a rose window surmounting 18 lancet windows, was built ca. 1250-1260 while Jean de Chelles was the architect. Most of the original 13th C. glasswork is still intact, filtering light into a rainbow of blues, reds, greens, browns and yellows. The wide of spectrum of colors achieved in Medieval France's stained glass windows was produced by varying both the proportion of metal added to molten glass and the temperature to which the mixture was heated.
Impurities in the metals, bubbles in the cooled glass and variations in the thickness of the cut panes would ultimately contribute to the jewel-like quality of finished windows.
Colored glass was cut to size by heating or with a diamond. Details (facial features, drapery, foliage, etc.) were painted on with a mix of cullet (scrap glass), copper and Greek sapphire dissolved in wine or urine.
This 'glass painting' was baked again, stimulating further chemical reactions that yielded visually interesting results." (reference )
Material: Poplar Plywood
Layers: 3
Size: 29x29 cm
Depth: 0.9 cm
Clock mechanism: Silent Quartz Clock Movement Mechanism
Size available:
29x29 cm
Finishe: Using various wood dye, and red acrylic mirrors.
* Note each piece are produced separately, even using laser technologies, they can be slightly different in colour and feeling, also one side may differ from other.
*Please keep in mind that colours vary among computer monitors.*Artist proof pieces can be unfinished (like not fully coloured, or not sanded, will have marks/scratches, or the wood can be slightly damaged.
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