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In the Hermitage you will have a unique chance to watch the famous Peacock Clock in action. Peacock Clock was made in London by a famous mechanic and jeweler James Cocks and presented to Catherine the Great. The Peacock is an intricate structure. The central figure, a big peacock is perched on a high oak stump with two luxuriant branches. Suspended on one of the branches on a silver cord is a cage surrounded by little bells. Inside the cage there is an owl in dark silver. Next to it on a tree stump stands a very picturesque life-size rooster. Among other inmates of the glass cage are snails, lizards, and a grasshopper together with mushrooms, acorns, and leaves. The dial is built into the cap of the biggest mushroom. When the clock strikes, all the figures come into motion. The owl is the first to come to life. It turns its head and rolls its eyes. Meanwhile the bell cage revolves producing melodious sounds. Then the bells stop ringing and the peacock spreads out its marvelous tail, It turns round and round slowly demonstrating its rich plumage and bowing gracefully. The rooster stretches its neck and comes up with its cock-a-doodle-doo. The roman figures indicate the hours while the Arab ones indicate the seconds.
Innocència, puresa i simplicitat són les característiques típiques d’un nen. Peter Pan n’és un. Un nen que vol permenèixer eternement a “Neverland”, allunyat de qualsevol deure, de tota figura que pugui tenir control sobre ell, i on, òbviament, mai creixerà, madurarà, ni haurà de recordar cap compromís que pugui tenir. És per això que oblida amb molta facilitat el que fa i a la gent que l’envolta. Aquesta és la seva glòria i, potser també, la seva tristesa.
Aquest projecte, ens mostra doncs, des d’una mirada melancòlica, com es troben actualment els diferents indrets que van ésser protagonistes d’un viatge màgic temps enrere, on les obligacions, les responsabilitats i la realitat no hi tenien cabuda. Ara n’és un record i en conservem les aventures, els somnis, el volar, les olors, la imaginació,...
The clock was designed and built in Waltham, Massachusetts and it's been kept running for over a hundred years.
New approach to the S2 clock project in evidence here.
So far the brief/analysis/specification pages are produced in much the same way as ever. The radical shift is in the generation of ideas approach. Here we borrowed an idea outlined in Kurt Rowland's 1968 book "The Shapes We Need". Amongst other things Rowland explores spatial relationships and really gets to the heart of aesthetics and visual beauty. Some things just look right and others don't. Why is this? Rowland seems to have a some good theories about this. This book was part of a series he released in the late 60's. I understand these textbooks were standard issue in Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Departments at the time. I don't know of any art teachers that used them much apart from my mother. Anyway this little card based exercise suited our purposes perfectly.
The current S2 course has seeen alot of changes over the last five years. We'll distribute the cours notes on the S2 Course page at: designandtechnologydepartment.co.uk in due course.
Uhr an einer alten Hausfassade (von 1602) in Trier /
Clock on a old face of a building (from 1602) in Trier
after an alarm clock malfunction this morning, I got a new one. It will play me "Here Comes The Sun" tomorrow morning. (hey, I had to do something with my iPod classic after upgrading to an iTouch)
With the risk of enraging the community I am applying this photo to the collection. I must hereby swear that this photo was taken by me although not with my own camera!
Due to the pressing deadline I prefer to submit this photo titled "University clock" and subtitled "Pretty blond in B&W"!
I must also add that all the postprocessing work (far from perfect) has been done in Aperture!