Coastal Bearings, a found object assemblage featuring a vintage seaside photograph, brass clock gears, an antique clock face, shells, beach stones, and weathered wood arranged within a shallow frame.
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Coastal Bearings, a found object assemblage featuring a vintage seaside photograph, brass clock gears, an antique clock face, shells, beach stones, and weathered wood arranged within a shallow frame.
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Coastal Bearings

$55.00 $80.00

6” x 6” x 2”

Vintage clockwork, coastal imagery, and shoreline treasures converge in a nostalgic exploration of time, place, and the changing tides.

Material List

  • Vintage clock and watch components

  • Brass gears and mechanical parts

  • Found seashells and beach stones

  • Weathered wood fragments

  • Vintage coastal photograph

  • Repurposed paper and printed imagery

  • Reclaimed wooden frame

6” x 6” x 2”

Vintage clockwork, coastal imagery, and shoreline treasures converge in a nostalgic exploration of time, place, and the changing tides.

Material List

  • Vintage clock and watch components

  • Brass gears and mechanical parts

  • Found seashells and beach stones

  • Weathered wood fragments

  • Vintage coastal photograph

  • Repurposed paper and printed imagery

  • Reclaimed wooden frame

Materials List:

  • Vintage barometer coil and mechanism

  • Antique newspaper or ledger background

  • Ornamental metal cutout

  • Grommets and tacks

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Industrial and archival, this piece centers a spring-driven timepiece over typography that reads “Not Dead But Sick”—a phrase that anchors the assemblage between decay and continuation. A flourish of antique ornament above lends it a monument-like weight.