Allright,
This is my first post. Just to warn those that might stumble across this, I am not the kind to bare my soul to the whole world. The reason I am doing this blog is two fold. The first, is that I am always interested in finding those with similar interests. The second, and more important reason, is that I am documenting my dream project. What is my dream project you might ask?
About 6 years ago, I worked for an extended period in England. I was in London for close to two years. For most of that time I worked in the Covent Garden area of London. About 5 minutes walk away was the British Museum. Because of my interest in history, I found myself freqently visiting the museum over lunch. One of the exhibits always caught my attention time after time. That was a 15th-16th century clock... The photo from the museum can be seen here...
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSR_=ea2&_IXSS_=_IXFPFX_%3dgraphical%252ffull%252f%26_IXsearchterm%3dcassiobury%26%257bUPPER%257d%253av2_free_text_tindex%3dcassiobury%26_IXDB_%3dcompass%26_IXNOMATCHES_%3dgraphical%252fno_matches%252ehtml%26%2524%2b%2528with%2bv2_searchable_index%2529%2bsort%3d%252e&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/lg&_IXimg=ps343113.jpg&submit-button=summary
Well, I decided when I got back to the states, I wanted to make a copy of the clock. The two first reproductions that I made were of wood. A photo of the second reproduction can be seen here...
I made that clock in early 2000. After going through some personal stuff in my life, I finally found myself wanting to resume the project early this year. The original clock was made of metal, not wood. So, in order for me to make a true reproduction, I have to teach myself blacksmithing. I started with the blacksmithing early this year.
In my future posts, I hope to go into technical details about the stages of production. This is a project that will potentially take several years and I just wanted to keep a journal of my progress.
