Narrow Black/Vert Pend Clock

Narrow Black Verdigris Pendulum Clock · 20x6x2 inchesBlack-on-black painted wooden background with a slightly raised, round face of verdigris-patina copper. Verdigris copper disk pendulum swings below. Available with dot pattern as shown or painterly stripes, as in the black tie verdigris pictured above. Colors range from blue/turquoise to gray/green with lots of variation in between. (Total length includes pendulum.)

Leonie Lacouette manages to strike a balance between concepts and influences that otherwise might seem like polar opposites-her elegant clocks successfully reconcile the strict geometries of Minimalism with a warm, approachable palette of colored patinas on the copper and nickel that predominate her designs. Created from a basic language of circles, squares, ovals, and rectangles, the clocks are not only beautiful, but often playful as well. In one design, the otherwise hidden movement of the pendulum swings gently back and forth, revealed by a perfectly circular hole punched through the face of the piece to create a dynamic (and unexpected) game of 'hide-and-seek'.