Dutch artist Maarten Kraanens Time Machine...or as we call it the Bicycle Clock. This handmade functional work of art is available in very limited numbers. It is fabricated using bicycle parts and other parts created and calibrated to ding the strategically placed bike bell on the hour! _______________________________________________________ It was in the mid-nineties that a young industrial designer in Amsterdam, Maarten Kraanen, was dreaming about creating a clock that was different than anything that was ever made. His idea was to design and make a wall clock where the connection between the mechanics and the dial was separated, eliminating the usual gears or rods. In Maarten’s own words: Time, as an experience, that moves and flows. That’s why my clocks do not tick…I wanted to make a clock which tells the time in the way I see it: as a physiological experience, as something you undergo. Being a Dutchman, he loved biking and one day, during a long trip, the light bulb came on…what about using a chain to transfer the movement? He started working on the idea and then decided not just to use a bike chain but more bicycle parts. The Time Machine was born! Not only standard bicycle chains are used but also the basic bicycle components as a crankshaft, spokes and a real old fashioned bell that will ring every hour with a discreet high tone ding. The Time Machine is not driven by a spring or a weight, but by a small, silent geared down 110 Volt 60Hz synchronous motor that always runs exactly on time.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:27:17 +0000
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