Hello all! I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season! I'm spending mine at David Lindow's shop working on some exciting projects - from developing a mechanism and testing materials for analog holograms to guilloche work and ornamental turning. Another friend Stephen Franke is here building a regulator! Here are some photos from the [...]
Tag: Clockmaking
Upcoming Engine Turning Classes
I'm so excited to announce engine turning classes here at the Memoria Technica workshop! It's been a long time in the making, but I'm finally set up to start holding regular classes. If you're interested, please sign up on the Classes page found on the top menu bar. There you will find full course descriptions, [...]
Estate Auction
Hi all - if you missed out on the Harmon Estate sale - you can still get in on the action! Cabin Fever took over the estate when I returned to Seattle last year. They have been slowly selling the inventory over the months following the sale in June of 2014. BUT! They have saved [...]
Settling In – Nov. 14. 2014
I was a bit worried about unloading the trailer once it arrived from Connecticut. Dennis Harmon's workshop had a loading dock, which enabled us to literally roll the machines using pipes and levers onto the trailer (in most cases). Fitting everything else onto the trailer was a drawn out game of Tetris. Things were packed tight, [...]
Dug North’s Mekanikos vs. The Minotaur & a Potential Workshop Space!
Hello all! You may already know of the whimsies created by Dug North, and if you don't, you're about to discover some wonderful creations. Dug North, toy automaton maker turned clockmaker, has decided to sell one of his marvels entitled Mekanikos vs. The Menotaur. See more photos, watch a video, and read about Dug's process [...]