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I used to be a painter. Then I got a rather insane idea. The idea required that I learn clockmaking. I discovered that machining gears is more fun than painting. Now I'm a clockmaker. A strange, dark, eccentric, gothic, anachronistic, deco, nouveau, abstract expressionist clockmaker.

My environment growing up very much contributes to what I create now. I grew up on a dirt road, with lots of trees around. My father was a Ford engineer, and had the distinctively quirky, but logical personality that typically comes with this profession. My older brother had M.C.Escher posters and Salvador Dali books around. I got a very nice calligraphy set when I was in third grade, and became pretty good at that; even got paid to do some high school diplomas when I was still in elementary school. I have some good things hardwired into me, and they all contribute to what comes naturally to me now.

So that's what it's all about for me. My ticking works are a reflection of everything I've been visually obsessed with in the past. I have formal art schooling, which helps me interpret my thoughts more effectively, but beyond that, I just try to get into my own world with a sketchbook, and let it all come out. Then I take these spontaneous sketches, and spend four or five hundred hours turning them into working timepieces.

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*fibreciment Nov 11, 2009, 8:33:41 AM
Thank you.

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=irishcompass Nov 7, 2009, 9:07:47 AM
Featured here [link]

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"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
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*ericfreitas Nov 10, 2009, 1:36:18 AM
Thanks for the post! Love your Dorothy Parker quote!

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=irishcompass Nov 10, 2009, 9:37:33 AM
Thanks!

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"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
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Mood: Wow! ~LilSis158 Nov 6, 2009, 9:00:35 PM
These clocks are so amazing! They look like they're worth a lot.

I'm in awe of your work.
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*kahoxworth Nov 6, 2009, 11:18:44 AM
i see you were at theatre bizarre...are you in detroit, then? do you show around here? i'd love to see your work in person.
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*ericfreitas Nov 6, 2009, 1:33:53 PM
I do live in the Detroit area (Royal Oak actually). I had a piece at the Damned Show this year, which is an annual show at the Tangent Gallery featuring darker themed artwork including H.R.Geiger, Viktor Koen, and Patrice Hubert. I plan on debuting No.7 at that show next year. That clocks size should draw quite a lot of attention.

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*kahoxworth Nov 6, 2009, 5:55:15 PM
i'll keep an eye on you then and watch for news that you might be showing!
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*Muddyfeet Nov 6, 2009, 9:28:20 AM
Fascinating body of works. Love it all!!!
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*ericfreitas Nov 6, 2009, 1:36:17 PM
Thanks!

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