Maker :: Leonie Lacouette
23x6½x2 inches
GINGER
This narrow pendulum clock is made from hand-patinated copper layered over rusted steel. (Steel background is 18x6 inches, 5½-inch round pendulum swings below.
Forty years ago, Leonie Lacouette started making clocks, as a practical way to make a living while using the aesthetic training she'd received in art school. It all began when she needed a clock for her studio, and noticed an ad in a magazine for a company selling clock mechanisms. Ordering five, she used one to make her own timepiece, and then made four more to sell. They sold out immediately, and she's been making clocks ever since....