I
started making clocks in 1991. At the time I was living in a 1912
Craftsman home in Highland Park, near downtown Los Angeles. I had seen
original Stickley clocks in antique stores, but certainly could not afford
$15,000 for an original. So I figured I'd try and make one myself. At
the time I was working with a friend making custom furniture and had
access to plenty of quality scrap wood. My first efforts relied on the
limited faces available in the clock parts catalog. My partner Vince
showed me what he could do with his computer, scanning original arts & crafts
fonts, and created faces that far better suited the clocks I was making. |