Stylish wall clocks can improve the design of any room. They can be made or decorated with your own hands. Such work is within the power of everyone and takes a minimum of time. It will be possible to assemble the original chronometer from scratch using vinyl records, plywood sheets and even bicycle wheels. The background of the base, if desired, can be knitted from threads, weaved from newspapers or magazines, assembled from cutlery. Significantly simplify the work will help a simple listing of cool prints. Paper bases can be made from flat stripes or from three-dimensional figures. The new product is suitable for hanging in the living room, bedroom, office. Each of the non-standard options for chronometers needs to be supplemented with quality mechanisms. So, the finished product will serve the owners for a long time and will always show the time accurately.
Unusual and stylish models are made of natural wood. The mechanisms are installed on saw cut logs pre-treated with stain or varnish. Planks are also used as the base: they are connected close to each other, then they are filed in the form of a circle, square or oval. Modern craftsmen make products from plywood, carving it in the form of geometric shapes. Such material is also used to assemble multi-level models: steam locomotives, automobiles, airplanes. Separate Roman or Arabic numerals can be cut from plywood sheets on the machine. No less interesting are the models at the base of which is a piece of wood. A metal frame in the form of a circle or a hollow square is mounted on top of it. In such products, the mechanism is installed in the center of the wood. Also, for the house, you can assemble a chronometer in the form of a cuckoo house using wooden sticks and twigs.
From vinyl records
An ordinary vinyl record can be unusually decorated using beautiful pictures. Decoupage of the surface should be carried out after thorough processing of the base with the finest emery paper. It will allow you to remove the remnants of the sticker and align the surface of the plate. With a drill or a jigsaw, the plates can be cut out according to the prepared silhouettes (teapots, cups, hearts, superhero badges, animal outlines). And using the following instructions, it will turn out to make "flowing" clock mechanisms from paintings by Salvador Dali:
Put the plate in the oven for 2 minutes (temperature about 180 degrees).
Put the heated plate on the board.Proceed to stretch and bend the vinyl (leave the central part flat).
Install the chronometer mechanism.
Decor with plastic spoons
A round or oval mechanism with the help of plastic spoons can be decorated in the form of a flower. To do this, you just need to make a stylish frame. It is assembled very quickly and allows you to originally upgrade the old model. The following master class will tell you how to do this work step by step:
Cut a circle from plywood sheet with a side thickness of 5-8 cm. Its central part should fit the size of the updated mechanism.
Trim the plastic spoons of the handle (you need at least 250 spoons).
Glue the plywood circle with spoons, placing them with cropped tails to the middle. It is better to glue products using a glue silicone gun.
From the foam, prepare the central part on which the mechanism will be located. Glue the foam to a circle with petals, prepare a recess for installing the finished mechanism.
Paint the prepared base (or leave it unchanged). Install the mechanism.
Important to remember! To paint plastic spoons you need a special paint. It should evenly lie down even on a smooth surface.
For kitchen
To make the kitchen look unusual and cool, you can remake the chronometer using various improvised means. Mistresses can make an elegant frame from coffee beans. They should be glued with a silicone gun or thick transparent glue. Cool and funny models are obtained by pasting them with cutlery. But for rooms decorated in blue or blue-white colors, it is recommended to make a marine decor of any watch with your own hands. To create it, you need different pebbles, shells. They should be glued to the bottom of the base or a new indexing should be made from them. The edging of the mechanism is best done from a thick cord.Optionally, the rope can be laid out in waves or supplemented with neat knots. Such original watches can be used to stylize any dining room.
From cutlery
It is unusual to decorate mechanisms not only with improvised means, but also with kitchen appliances. Forks and spoons are suitable for work. They will be glued to the base from the back. The density of the arrangement of devices is selected individually. But for greater eccentricity of the model, it is better to stick them as close as possible to each other. And you can arrange them as an extraordinary indexing. For maximum stylization of a new product, it is recommended to attach shallow tureens or shoulder blades as the main elements of indexing. The color of the selected cutlery should match the background of the base. If necessary, used devices and the base are painted in one tone. For this, paint for metal in a spray bottle is suitable.
Saucers and cups
You can brightly and gracefully decorate a chronometer using a set of cups and saucers. They do not have to have the same design. The most catchy will be products created using cups and plates of different appearance and colors. Making a model is pretty easy. The work will take no more than 1 hour and it is carried out according to the following instructions:
A large circle base is cut out of the plywood sheet. In its center, a hole is cut for the installation of a mechanism with arrows.
Plywood circle is covered with paint.
When the paint dries, indexation marks are placed.
With silicone glue, saucers are glued to the marks.
After 20 minutes, cups stick to the saucers.
In order for the finished product to last for a long time, it is recommended to clean the places for gluing saucers and cups with the help of sandpaper. Light work sets should be chosen for work.
Textile
The use of textiles to tighten the base of the chronometer is justified by the variety of fabrics with colorful patterns and amazing structure.You can use cotton, linen, satin, burlap, jacquard, organza in your work. Volumetric elements are easily glued to such fabrics. For example, polymer figures or clay figures, pieces of wood.
The fabric used can be pre-embroidered with acrylic threads, satin ribbons or beads. Sewing multi-colored sequins or large beads will help to highlight the indexing. Such bases are well combined with self-adhesive rhinestones. You can frame the fabric with a hem, jute thread, bright soutache or dense cords. Framing should be selected based on the structure of the fabric, its colors, style.
Hoop and fabric
Embroidered fabric perfectly emphasizes the originality of the created dial. For work, simple cotton fabrics or canvases are used. Preparation of the base is carried out according to the following instructions:
embroidery of fabric (in the center there is free space for threading the studs under the arrows);
hoop fixation, trimming of protruding edges;
cutting out a hole for a hairpin of arrows in the center, processing edges with glue;
installation of the mechanism, shooter;
digital plexiglass hoop attachment.
Plexiglas protection is required. Its absence will lead to the accumulation of dust in the structure of the fabric. Because of this, the embroidery will soon darken and to wash it will have to completely disassemble the mechanism.
Jute thread, etc.
A stylish watch design can be made using thick threads. Imitation twigs are easily made from jute. To do this, the threads are immersed in PVA and after them ornate patterns with weaves are laid out. It is recommended to supplement the frozen "branches" with beads, rhinestones. From the skin at home, you can make a braided voluminous cord that acts as an extraordinary framing of a chronometer.
A piece of burlap will also help completely change the look of the product.It is simply refueled under the mechanism, and on top is complemented by voluminous plastic figures, wooden beads. You can also make a fashionable background from a canvas belt. Its pieces are glued under the arrows with stripes, rhombs. Another weave of a thin strap is allowed.
Braided and knitted dial
An interesting option for decorating the mechanism will be knitting the base. Work can be carried out by analogy with the manufacture of tacks and napkins. The finished canvas can be dense or openwork. The color scheme, patterns on a knitted fabric are selected individually. They should be combined with the color of the hands of the chronometer itself. Openwork cloths to maintain their shape are recommended to starch or cover with glue. Dry the product on a flat surface. A web press is optional. It is better to fix it after applying glue or starch with pins: this way you can evenly stretch the knitted fabric. Stylization of paintings is usually carried out by using threads of different colors. They are suitable for weaving macramé with patterns, simple images.
From old newspapers and magazines
Simple and original crafts for chronometers are made from newspapers. If individual sheets are folded with a thin tube and the end is fixed with glue, then an artificial vine will be formed from them. It can be woven into the original frame in the form of a circle or square. From magazines, chronometers are decorated by creating separate circles glued into patterns. Such work at home is as follows:
Sheets of magazines are cut into strips with a thickness of 1-2 cm.
Each strip is folded into a tube in a spiral, then pressed along the entire length to fix the folds.
Of the prepared flat “tubes”, circles of different diameters are folded. The tips are fixed with glue.
Bright circles from magazine sheets are glued together, forming a catchy figure or abstraction base.
Quilling
The use of ready-made paper strips greatly simplifies the creation of custom backgrounds. They turn out to be voluminous, which must be taken into account when fixing them under the arrows. You can arrange patterns collected from quilling instead of regular indexing. But small paper figures (flowers, sheets, animals) can be placed outside the base. Thus, the original framework is assembled. But the most interesting option when using paper strips is to create full-fledged paintings. For example, silhouettes of people, animals, images of musical instruments are made from them. Production of landscapes and city views is allowed. You need to glue such paper pictures to the plywood base, leaving in the center a place for installing the chronometer mechanism.
Butterfly Decor
The theme of light air butterflies can be used to create a new chronometer. To do this, you need to cut a large moth from a vinyl record. But stick small insects as a frame. Moths flying away into the distance also look stylish. The flight path must be thought out in advance. For example, place the smallest insects under the chronometer. Stick medium and large moths over it. At the same time, they can be placed vertically or diagonally. Volumetric moths can be made from colored or metallized cardboard. Gluing them around the chronometer is better on double-sided tape.
Clock on the wall
Creating amazing timepieces is allowed without any reason at all. Their mechanisms are built into the wall, and the indication has the form of numbers or other elements. For example, family pictures can replace numbers. Making the chronometer truly stylish will also help using the following elements as an indication:
small paintings;
puzzle pieces or domino bones;
mirrored silhouettes or geometric shapes;
stones of different colors and sizes (smooth pebbles are good).
The size of the created chronometer can be any: it does not matter if the mechanism is small or occupies almost the entire wall. As a basis, a conventional or laser mechanism can be used. But to place such products is recommended in rooms with a plain design.
Out of a bicycle wheel
The use of a bicycle spoke wheel will help to create a designer decor for the interior of a living room or a children's room. Such a product will successfully emphasize the styles of Provence, loft and modern. For work, a rim with a diameter of 13-14 inches is suitable. The manufacture of a wheel chronometer is carried out according to the following instructions:
Cleaning the rim from debris.
Polishing a metal surface (sandpaper or special paste).
Gluing to the back of the chronometer mechanism (a pin under the hands is threaded through the center of the wheel).
Installation of arrows and adjustment of the mechanism.
Note! For a rim with knitting needles, a small mechanism with long arrows is suitable. Otherwise, the product will not stand out.
With print
Fashionable timepieces can be made using a variety of prints. Printed images are recommended to be glued to the primed plywood sheet. Similar models are sold by many well-known manufacturers. Round bases can be an imitation of planets or stars (Earth, Moon, Saturn), porcelain plates. Fans of sports games will like the images of footballs, basketballs. The base circle is suitable for gluing prints in the form of berries and fruits (watermelon, cherries, currants, apples). The product will also look original, the base of which looks like a balloon. From below, it will be necessary to glue an empty basket or a basket with figures of travelers. Classic prints include landmarks located in the center of the chronometer. Such products are universal and can beautifully complement any room.
Stylish wall clocks can improve the design of any room. They can be made or decorated with your own hands. Such work is within the power of everyone and takes a minimum of time. It will be possible to assemble the original chronometer from scratch using vinyl records, plywood sheets and even bicycle wheels. The background of the base, if desired, can be knitted from threads, weaved from newspapers or magazines, assembled from cutlery. Significantly simplify the work will help a simple listing of cool prints. Paper bases can be made from flat stripes or from three-dimensional figures. The new product is suitable for hanging in the living room, bedroom, office. Each of the non-standard options for chronometers needs to be supplemented with quality mechanisms. So, the finished product will serve the owners for a long time and will always show the time accurately.
Content
From wood
Unusual and stylish models are made of natural wood. The mechanisms are installed on saw cut logs pre-treated with stain or varnish. Planks are also used as the base: they are connected close to each other, then they are filed in the form of a circle, square or oval. Modern craftsmen make products from plywood, carving it in the form of geometric shapes. Such material is also used to assemble multi-level models: steam locomotives, automobiles, airplanes. Separate Roman or Arabic numerals can be cut from plywood sheets on the machine. No less interesting are the models at the base of which is a piece of wood. A metal frame in the form of a circle or a hollow square is mounted on top of it. In such products, the mechanism is installed in the center of the wood. Also, for the house, you can assemble a chronometer in the form of a cuckoo house using wooden sticks and twigs.
From vinyl records
An ordinary vinyl record can be unusually decorated using beautiful pictures. Decoupage of the surface should be carried out after thorough processing of the base with the finest emery paper. It will allow you to remove the remnants of the sticker and align the surface of the plate. With a drill or a jigsaw, the plates can be cut out according to the prepared silhouettes (teapots, cups, hearts, superhero badges, animal outlines). And using the following instructions, it will turn out to make "flowing" clock mechanisms from paintings by Salvador Dali:
Decor with plastic spoons
A round or oval mechanism with the help of plastic spoons can be decorated in the form of a flower. To do this, you just need to make a stylish frame. It is assembled very quickly and allows you to originally upgrade the old model. The following master class will tell you how to do this work step by step:
For kitchen
To make the kitchen look unusual and cool, you can remake the chronometer using various improvised means. Mistresses can make an elegant frame from coffee beans. They should be glued with a silicone gun or thick transparent glue. Cool and funny models are obtained by pasting them with cutlery. But for rooms decorated in blue or blue-white colors, it is recommended to make a marine decor of any watch with your own hands. To create it, you need different pebbles, shells. They should be glued to the bottom of the base or a new indexing should be made from them. The edging of the mechanism is best done from a thick cord.Optionally, the rope can be laid out in waves or supplemented with neat knots. Such original watches can be used to stylize any dining room.
From cutlery
It is unusual to decorate mechanisms not only with improvised means, but also with kitchen appliances. Forks and spoons are suitable for work. They will be glued to the base from the back. The density of the arrangement of devices is selected individually. But for greater eccentricity of the model, it is better to stick them as close as possible to each other. And you can arrange them as an extraordinary indexing. For maximum stylization of a new product, it is recommended to attach shallow tureens or shoulder blades as the main elements of indexing. The color of the selected cutlery should match the background of the base. If necessary, used devices and the base are painted in one tone. For this, paint for metal in a spray bottle is suitable.
Saucers and cups
You can brightly and gracefully decorate a chronometer using a set of cups and saucers. They do not have to have the same design. The most catchy will be products created using cups and plates of different appearance and colors. Making a model is pretty easy. The work will take no more than 1 hour and it is carried out according to the following instructions:
In order for the finished product to last for a long time, it is recommended to clean the places for gluing saucers and cups with the help of sandpaper. Light work sets should be chosen for work.
Textile
The use of textiles to tighten the base of the chronometer is justified by the variety of fabrics with colorful patterns and amazing structure.You can use cotton, linen, satin, burlap, jacquard, organza in your work. Volumetric elements are easily glued to such fabrics. For example, polymer figures or clay figures, pieces of wood.
The fabric used can be pre-embroidered with acrylic threads, satin ribbons or beads. Sewing multi-colored sequins or large beads will help to highlight the indexing. Such bases are well combined with self-adhesive rhinestones. You can frame the fabric with a hem, jute thread, bright soutache or dense cords. Framing should be selected based on the structure of the fabric, its colors, style.
Hoop and fabric
Embroidered fabric perfectly emphasizes the originality of the created dial. For work, simple cotton fabrics or canvases are used. Preparation of the base is carried out according to the following instructions:
Plexiglas protection is required. Its absence will lead to the accumulation of dust in the structure of the fabric. Because of this, the embroidery will soon darken and to wash it will have to completely disassemble the mechanism.
Jute thread, etc.
A stylish watch design can be made using thick threads. Imitation twigs are easily made from jute. To do this, the threads are immersed in PVA and after them ornate patterns with weaves are laid out. It is recommended to supplement the frozen "branches" with beads, rhinestones. From the skin at home, you can make a braided voluminous cord that acts as an extraordinary framing of a chronometer.
A piece of burlap will also help completely change the look of the product.It is simply refueled under the mechanism, and on top is complemented by voluminous plastic figures, wooden beads. You can also make a fashionable background from a canvas belt. Its pieces are glued under the arrows with stripes, rhombs. Another weave of a thin strap is allowed.
Braided and knitted dial
An interesting option for decorating the mechanism will be knitting the base. Work can be carried out by analogy with the manufacture of tacks and napkins. The finished canvas can be dense or openwork. The color scheme, patterns on a knitted fabric are selected individually. They should be combined with the color of the hands of the chronometer itself. Openwork cloths to maintain their shape are recommended to starch or cover with glue. Dry the product on a flat surface. A web press is optional. It is better to fix it after applying glue or starch with pins: this way you can evenly stretch the knitted fabric. Stylization of paintings is usually carried out by using threads of different colors. They are suitable for weaving macramé with patterns, simple images.
From old newspapers and magazines
Simple and original crafts for chronometers are made from newspapers. If individual sheets are folded with a thin tube and the end is fixed with glue, then an artificial vine will be formed from them. It can be woven into the original frame in the form of a circle or square. From magazines, chronometers are decorated by creating separate circles glued into patterns. Such work at home is as follows:
Quilling
The use of ready-made paper strips greatly simplifies the creation of custom backgrounds. They turn out to be voluminous, which must be taken into account when fixing them under the arrows. You can arrange patterns collected from quilling instead of regular indexing. But small paper figures (flowers, sheets, animals) can be placed outside the base. Thus, the original framework is assembled. But the most interesting option when using paper strips is to create full-fledged paintings. For example, silhouettes of people, animals, images of musical instruments are made from them. Production of landscapes and city views is allowed. You need to glue such paper pictures to the plywood base, leaving in the center a place for installing the chronometer mechanism.
Butterfly Decor
The theme of light air butterflies can be used to create a new chronometer. To do this, you need to cut a large moth from a vinyl record. But stick small insects as a frame. Moths flying away into the distance also look stylish. The flight path must be thought out in advance. For example, place the smallest insects under the chronometer. Stick medium and large moths over it. At the same time, they can be placed vertically or diagonally. Volumetric moths can be made from colored or metallized cardboard. Gluing them around the chronometer is better on double-sided tape.
Clock on the wall
Creating amazing timepieces is allowed without any reason at all. Their mechanisms are built into the wall, and the indication has the form of numbers or other elements. For example, family pictures can replace numbers. Making the chronometer truly stylish will also help using the following elements as an indication:
The size of the created chronometer can be any: it does not matter if the mechanism is small or occupies almost the entire wall. As a basis, a conventional or laser mechanism can be used. But to place such products is recommended in rooms with a plain design.
Out of a bicycle wheel
The use of a bicycle spoke wheel will help to create a designer decor for the interior of a living room or a children's room. Such a product will successfully emphasize the styles of Provence, loft and modern. For work, a rim with a diameter of 13-14 inches is suitable. The manufacture of a wheel chronometer is carried out according to the following instructions:
With print
Fashionable timepieces can be made using a variety of prints. Printed images are recommended to be glued to the primed plywood sheet. Similar models are sold by many well-known manufacturers. Round bases can be an imitation of planets or stars (Earth, Moon, Saturn), porcelain plates. Fans of sports games will like the images of footballs, basketballs. The base circle is suitable for gluing prints in the form of berries and fruits (watermelon, cherries, currants, apples). The product will also look original, the base of which looks like a balloon. From below, it will be necessary to glue an empty basket or a basket with figures of travelers. Classic prints include landmarks located in the center of the chronometer. Such products are universal and can beautifully complement any room.