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Category: Musical Clocks

Automata, Musical Clocks

Timely return of clock to Anglesey Abbey

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015by Brittany Nicole Cox2 Comments on Timely return of clock to Anglesey Abbey

The Pagoda Clock has finally returned to its home at Anglesey Abbey. It also made local and BBC news!

Automata, Musical Clocks, Organ Clocks

George Pyke’s Musical Clock

April 1, 2013by Brittany Nicole Cox8 Comments on George Pyke’s Musical Clock

I had the privilege of working with Conservator Ian Fraser at Temple Newsam House in Leeds, England. Together, we worked for two years on the prospect of making conservation works to an important piece in the collection possible. The house holds this treasure in its stairwell. A musical clock made in 1765. The clock stands in [...]

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What an epic weekend of enamel exploration with @alenagracediaz & @trent__lacour ! I decided to dive down this rabbit hole of applying transparent enamel to guilloché and couldn’t be luckier to have Alena jump with me. This August I’m calling in the enamel professional✨ Bill Brinker of @astral_vessels is coming out to teach an enameling class on guilloché here at Memoria Technica! So mark your calendar for August 5th & 6th! I’m so thankful to have such a wonderful community of friends and colleagues for support. Thanks to @atelierguilloche & Phillip Peck for the enamel recommendations! 60 colors down, only 240 to go 😅😬🥹. Come join us in the journey! You can sign up for my newsletter and watch this space to snag a spot. I’ll be posting a schedule up for our summer classes with registration soon. 🌈🪩🌈🪩🌈🪩 #enamel #guilloché #craft
I still have a spot open in my engine turning class the weekend of March 11 & 12! Join me to learn how to make beautiful patterns using sine waves. You’ll be taught on two matched machines from the Bulova Watchmaking factory, a Leinhard straightline engine and a Leinhard rose engine. No previous experience necessary, just curiosity! Hope to see you soon. Register using the link in bio. Photos by the ever talented @benlindbloom #guilloche #memoriatechnica #watchmaking #roseengine
Hey folks! If you’ve been waiting to take an engine turning class with me, now is the time! I’ve got one beginner’s class coming up this March 11th & 12th. My next group of classes will come up this summer, which will include some Beginner’s, Intermediate, and Turning to Borders! Come see me in the new space. I can’t wait to share it with you. Registration link in bio. #guilloche #engineturning #engineturningclass
Happy 2023 from my 💖 to yours. Thank you for joining me in this space where I have the privilege of making magic. I can’t wait to share the year as it unfolds and hear your stories too. Wishing you all the very best and sending lots of love for your 1st day in this new circle around the Sun ☀️💖☮️🔮I’m spending today hiking outside in nature, cooking black eyed peas (for 🍀), making crafts, and being with loved ones. Please share your New Year’s Day traditions with me below! I’d love to hear about them :) #tradition #newyear #happy
✨marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream✨ That may be the only way to describe the last few years and moments like this leave me staring at the space between awake and waking. How surreal that I would star in two feature length documentaries on time. Being featured on the poster for director @lizunnas film conjures a wild feeling; I can hardly believe that’s me. This passion of mine, I’ve dedicated my life to, has seen me through so many trials. I’ve sometimes wondered if I’d come out the other side. But here I am. Still. I keep holding on to the strange beauty of studying time. I take respite in it, despite the sacrifices it’s required of me. It’s an incredible truth I have the privilege to share with so many of you and the amazing horologists featured in this film. I am so lucky. Thank you so much to director @lizunna, producer @katmansoor, editor @warmbloodrising, executive producers @ianskellern & @hind_seddiqi. As well as to all of the amazing horologists @aldis_hodge, @ludovicballoard, @maxbusser, @philippe_dufour_officiel and crew who worked so hard to put this together. The film will premier in Canadian cinemas this February with more screenings to come. You can watch Making Time now on Amazon, iTunes, Vimeo, Google Play, and Journeyman Pictures. Find out more on the film’s website: https://makingtime.film or use the link in my bio.
After hosting a promise ring session this weekend, I decided to make this extra wide moiré band! It’s always hard to capture how rainbowy the guilloché is! But this one turned out so fun, 🌈 I’m inspired to make a few more. DM me if you want to snag one of these rainbow generators for yourself :)

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