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Eric Freitas
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United States
Eric Freitas is a clockmaker with an art degree. He hand machines and sculpts every gear and chain link of his clocks to create his bizarre and beautiful timepieces. It's unlikely that an artist would tackle the kind of learning curve that clockmaking presents, but he is dedicated, driven, and very passionate about making his ideas become a living, ticking reality.

In 1999, Eric graduated from the Center for Creative Studies with a major in Graphic Design and Illustration. He never committed to the commercial world as planned, and instead directed his attention to a far less common art-form; clockmaking. Prior to the change in artistic direction, he'd never used any machining tools. He studied from clockmaking and machining books for the sole purpose of executing this idea.

Clocks and watches have become such a mindless part of our life, that it's hard to separate the symbol from the elusive concept of time. Freitas abandons the traditional look of horology, and creates timepieces with a much more intuitive feel. His clocks delicately combine mechanical repetition with the organic repetitions of nature's machine. These dark, ticking curiosities seem to be unpredictably growing and decaying at the same time. The cold, linear representation of time disappears, and you're left with the feel of a beautifully complex and interconnected flow of change that is time itself.

Eric can be found at ericfreitas.com [link] where he showcases a gallery of his work and a blog keeping up with the progress of recent projects.

Current Residence: Royal Oak, MI (near Detroit)
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In the near future, you'll be seeing a re-skinning of my website [link] This time around I'll be going a more reliable route, employing the popular wordpress for the blog, bigcartel for the shop, and a simple HTML gallery. Hopefully most of the site can be made to look the way I've laid it out. I've cleaned up the interface of the site design quite a bit, and can't wait get it up and running.

In preparation for the new site, I've started up my big cartel shop. It's working right now, and the banner across the top has some of the elements that the new website will have, including a new logo/identity. I'm offering a 20% discount (enter the code below) over the next month on all of the merchandise except for clocks. The shop button on the site isn't linked to it yet, so use the link below.

Here's the site: [link]

The code you'll have to enter is: bigcartelopening

Again, the discount discount code can be applied to the prints, cardsets, and drawings; not the clocks!

I'm quite happy with the way this shop operates. It's easy for me to enter and adjust merchandise, and the function from the buyers end is rock solid.

Thank you!

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:iconsare2008:
your work is really amazing and inspires me a lot =D
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~AtelierSharka Apr 10, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
great work ♥
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~oOAzumiOo Feb 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
your work is gorgeous,
simply love it.

Keep it up

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:iconbenalo:
I realy love your works.... ")
Best wishes!

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=cogwurx Jan 21, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Happy Birthday!

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:iconandjzida:
Happy B-Day~ =D :iconcaekplz:

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:iconketchupize:
Happy birthday! :party:

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My shop ^^[link]
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:icontechnographer:
Happy birthday! :cake:
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Mood: Love ~Niamhapple Jan 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I Love your work it's beautiful .
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~Wicked-Won Jan 5, 2012   Artist
amazing work!
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