I went looking through The Met's open archive for something to reinterpret, and ended up with thi...I went looking through The Met's open archive for something to reinterpret, and ended up with thi...
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I went looking through The Met's open archive for something to reinterpret, and ended up with this 1568 astronomical table clock.
What caught me was the amount of detail in it. You've got astronomical dials, mechanical parts, gilded brass, and all these Renaissance ornaments packed into a single object.
I started thinking about what would happen if I didn't recreate the clock, but instead took some of its details and gave them a completely different purpose.
That's where the eyewear idea came from.
I wanted the glasses to feel like they could have come from the same world as the original clock, without simply making a tiny clock-shaped pair of glasses.
For the process, I used an exploded view in FLORA to break the design apart and explore how the different elements could translate into a wearable object. From there I worked toward the final frame and then built the visual presentation around it.
The result is HOROLOGIUM — Time, Reframed.
A 16th-century astronomical clock, reinterpreted as eyewear.
Built in @floraai for the #FLORAMuseum challenge.
Original artwork: The Met — Astronomical table clock, 1568 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/209211
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