Sunday, January 11, 2009

Watchworks





Lately I've been strangely fascinated by the inner workings of vintage watches. I came across a few antique watch movements a while ago and have since collected several more. I find the craftsmanship that went into those things really inspiring, so I selected my favorites, tacked them to my art table and did this series of drawings from them. (graphite on paper)

10 comments:

Shane Pierce said...

Amazing draftsmanship! Your graphite work is excellent. more...MORE!

Paul J. Sullivan said...

siiiick!

Koz said...

Oh man I want one! :) Excellent work!

Parka said...

These are really great. I love the textures on them.

Unknown said...

THese are beautiful!

pablo pablo said...

Amazing works!

Ben Shafer said...

thanks everybody!

Jeffrey Lai said...

just found your blog!
my gosh your work is incredibly inspiring!

Marko Krull said...

whoa!!! mindblowing stuff! thx for inspirering!!!

stringer7 said...

I love this series of watch parts - they are beautifully rendered!