Stratford Analemmatic Dial
In the modern world, where Time is measured in atomic clocks of extraordinary accuracy, why make a simple slate clock or something as seemingly unsophisticated as a sundial? Such objects are not there just to mark the hours, but rather tie us to our environment, to the passing day, to geological time, in a way that a digital watch cannot. A clock face carved into a building is a decorative and utilitarian object; it is both functional and beautiful. A sundial reveals the movement of the seasons whilst also revealing a more personal sense of time – each sundial is unique and designed for use in only one place, based on latitude and declination. It is this enmeshing with the slow movement of the heavens’ that makes sundials wondrous and evocative.
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Stratford Analemmatic Dial
This large sundial (over 8m across) was conceived as a memorial to four members of the Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service. The inset caithness carvings allude to the various duties of the service from its historical inception. An analemmatic sundial has the person as the gnomon – their shadow casts the time.
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Basingstoke Analemmatic Dial
The Analemmatic Sundial 5 x 2.5m. York & Lazonby sandstone. Competition winning design for the Hampshire Sculpture Trust for Basingstoke town centre. In this type of interactive dial the person reading the time acts as the gnomon. The dialler stands at a particular place to read the time dependent on the month of the year.
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Tonbridge School Clock: Brick Carving
This clock was carved in situ directly into the wall of the school tower and then stained with a red dye. There is something very attractive about the integration of carved clocks and other devices; they become part of the structure of the building and not a mere appendage or add-on.
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Time Deum: Vertical Slate Sundial
Welsh slate. 600 x 600mm. Carved vertical sundial with gilded sun design.
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Barclays Clock in Travertine
Carved directly into Travertine ashlar and filled white. This large clock face is both functional and highly decorative. Its position serves to soften the large expanse of polished marble while helping to create a composition with the two lift doors, which otherwise might feel like ugly intrusions into the wall surface.
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Grafton Centre Clock
Carved and painted travertine for a Cambridge Shopping Centre. The lively colour scheme of this clock picks up on the natural pigmentation of the travertine, thereby harmonising with it while still retaining maximum visibility.
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Alphabet Clock
Alphabet Clock , 600 x 600mm – Welsh Slate clock face with a decorative border composed of Roman capitals.
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Word Clock
Word Clock, 600 x 600mm – carved Welsh Slate clock face, painted and with touches of gilding.