Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-03, страница 16

14 • Creative Woodworks S. Crafts March 2004

Editor's Introduction

In the summer of 2000, I heard from my good friends, Ray and Dan Wilckens, about their plans to build an extremely ambitious fretwork clock. I found the idea for the project to be quite interesting; however, it was only as photos of the clock-in-progress were sent to me, a few at a time, that 1 began to realize just how remarkable The Tower of Time really was. Ray and Dan are real clock-makers-they love designing and building fretwork clocks of all shapes and sizes. Over the past eight years, I've worked closely with both of them, and have developed a deep appreciation of their craft. 1 can say that, in my opinion, The lower of Time represents their pinnacle achievement to date. Now. in their own words, let's learn about what went into this extraordinary project.

Dan's reflections on the project

As people walk up to The Tower of Time (which resides in my living room) and tilt their heads toward the ceiling, the effort put in by my dad and I seems worth it just lor die expressions upon their faces. The clock stands nine and a half feet tall and commands the attention of all who come into its presence. We see this giant as the big brother of a clock we built more than eight years ago for a clock-maker's contest. That clock, which was shown in the June '97 issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts, generated great