Pocket watches used to create sculptures
First published: 27-09-2011
An artist has found a way of giving vintage pocket watches a new lease of life by adding tiny sculptures to them.Dominic Wilcox has used old timepieces as the base for his design by adding miniature figures of people taking part in a variety of scenes.
The images from the Watch Sculptures: Moments in Time series include tiny creations of children playing hide and seek behind a tree, a group of circus acts balancing on each other's shoulders and two men having a conversation.
Each figure is balanced on the hands of the watch, which creates different scenes as the hands rotate.
However, as all the artworks are encased in a glass dome it may make them impractical to use as timepieces.
Watches can be put to use in a variety of ways, with a company in the US releasing a watch containing a GPS tracking device, which can be used by the families of people with Alzheimer's in order to monitor their location.
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