Grandfather Time

"Grandfather Time" is a grandfather sized rolling ball clock. The clock itself is a spring wound movement. Every fifteen minutes the clock triggers a switch that releases a ball down the track. The track runs from the top to the bottom of the sculpture. As the ball makes its way to the bottom it strikes a single chime. The clock chimes an additional bell sounding out the hour on the hour. The balls that roll the course are one inch clear acrylic balls.
www.andrewsmithart,com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• kinetic
• rolling
• ball
• clock
• art
• sculpture
• run
• chain
• spring
• coil
• mechanical
• found
• object
• grandfather
• chime
• bell

[tharonmiller]

Why on Earth didn't they have one of these in the 'glass house' in the movie "Thirteen Ghosts"??!? It would have been PERFECT sitting in there!

[Elainiwen]

Lol, now that's fun looking stuff.

[Hednaskald]

Very cool clock, but in my house, it'd probably get destroyed halfway through its first night in our living room.

[AllTimeIsRelative]

I want one!

[klzglz]

ahahahaahahah this is like the perfect and worst present for any artist...... its just like awesomeeeeeeeeeee, but so NOISY

[1FirestormIndustries]

@Elainiwen

Yeah, no kidding. Though these do have a vaguely steampunk (Rube-punk?) style to them... I might make one.

[disneychannel32]

that would be a fun roller coaster lol

[philclock]

HA HA funny Clock!

[FourTrotters]

In heaven I will have a clock like that

[DefCur]

that's probably the most fascinating and annoying clock to have in your living room :D