Blueprint for a Disappearing Future

$450.00

19” x 15” x 4”

On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME

Built from cuckoo clock fragments and fading diagrams, Blueprint for a Disappearing Future explores the tension between human invention and inevitable decay.

19” x 15” x 4”

On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME

Built from cuckoo clock fragments and fading diagrams, Blueprint for a Disappearing Future explores the tension between human invention and inevitable decay.

Materials List

  • Vintage cuckoo clock blocks

  • Glass lens and domed marbles

  • Clock gears and antique hardware

  • Collaged vintage advertisements and blueprints

  • Textured and printed backing paper

  • Matte board and wood panel

  • Acrylic paint and gel medium

  • Found wood frame with embedded coins

In Blueprint for a Disappearing Future, salvaged cuckoo clock components serve as a fragmented framework—a map to something once exacting, now enigmatic. The grid-like layout of mechanical parts and lens elements suggests architecture or invention, yet the faded blueprints and obsolete materials evoke erosion rather than precision. This piece reflects on how even our most intricate plans, like the inner workings of a clock, may ultimately be swallowed by time.