WOODEN CATHEDRAL MODELS
My favorite hobby, since I was
a child, has been woodworking. Over the years I have made furniture and
dollhouses as well as assisting in building three of our personal homes. I've
also always been interested in scroll saw artwork and sold many such items at
craft shows and on the Internet.
About 25 years ago, I found a clock pattern for what was called the Apostles
Clock. Upon examining the pattern, I figured no one in their right mind could
ever build it. About 5 years later, I found the plan, which I had stashed
away, and decided to build it - at that time was not in my right mind. The plan
called for the 12 apostles to be mounted on a rotating circle that went in one
door and came out the other. I could only find 6 apostle statues and made them
stationary on the front with no rotating circle. In place of a rose window
is a clock face with a Westminster Chime Clock.
Over the years, I have made three other
wooden cathedrals. Two of them are "make believe" cathedrals like the
Apostles Clock. The fourth clock is of the facade of Ameins Cathedral in
France. I made two of them, one with the clock face for the Rose Window
and the other with a photographic copy of the actual Rose window in
the Cathedral.
I have used acetate for all of the windows and painted them with stained-glass
paint. All of the clocks are illuminated from inside and show the beautiful
colors of the stained-glass windows.
I have several other models of " make-believe" churches, which I hope to make someday
THE APOSTLES CLOCK
THE DOME CLOCK
ROMAN CATHEDRAL CLOCK
AMIENS CATHEDRAL CLOCK, FRANCE
