Well, you might have taken the letterpress studio tour a little while back, but since that time we have managed to put up a little pizazz on our walls that I wanted to share with you. We made a clock – a custom type clock. Not a type of clock, but a clock made of type. Confusing, I know. Very simply, we collected old wood type and made a clock of the numbers directly on the studio wall. How cool is that?
This studio DIY was as easy as a wink. Just took a little patience and energy.
First, we rummaged through any and all wood type we owned (letters are used far more often then numbers in printing, so we weren’t really depleting our supplies very much):
Then, we scoured ebay and local flea/antique markets for any old wooden numbers for sale. In the end, most of them came from ebay, although old wood type from flea markets tends to be cheaper if you can find it. This took about six to eight months because we didn’t want to spend more than $2 per letter. Small ones are much, much cheaper than this, but bigger numbers can take a while to find inexpensively. Buying mixed sets of one to ten can work out great.
The great day arrived that we finally had enough wood numbers, and we arranged a layout on the counter top in the kitchen.
After experimenting with several different options, we applied foam sticky squares (from the hardware store) and placed the numbers on the wall. The numbers themselves are stuck together with glue dots.
The clock face I bought on sale from Chiasso (not available anymore) but you could replicate something like this with any hands-only clock.
The finished result? Fun and easy! Here is a shot of the clock in the studio (that’s me dampening paper in the foreground):
Easy DIY Clock! Voila!
Have a creative week.
by rebekah
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