Ode to the AHA! moment

[alteredmommy]

I really wanted to make a shrine for this challenge but oh what to make......and what to do besides stare at my accumulation of "good stuff" until an idea smacked me on the head   This is the result of my AHA! moment, when I saw the little lightbulb on a gear (made for some other project and not used) and the amazingly cool clock base that my wonderful friend HSG sent me awhile ago!  Out in the garage I found the perfect red box for it and the shrine was born....







All kinds of "good stuff" contributed to my AHA! moment....
-the clock base from a 1950's clock
-the gear is from an old pendulum clock of ours that could not be fixed
-rusted and painted juice lid
-copper strapping, stove fuses, old light bulb and the homemade red wood box were in a box of junk I bought for $5
-textured and painted mat board on the top with a rusted piece of pocket watch
-the spray of copper wire I found on my worktable, think my son put it there (maybe from an old radio, TV...who knows?)

Sorry for the less than stellar pictures, I'm a little under the weather and its kind of gloomy here.  I hope it makes you think of your own AHA! moments

[lovesclutter]

That is so flippin' cool. I love it.

[rackycoo]

I love it! Perfect use of materials!

[LimeRiot]

This is fantastic!! It looks kind of art-deco. I really really like it. The idea behind the idea shrine was a marvelous idea .

[sheepBlue]

What an awesome assemblage of stuff! It looks like a cryptic shrine to a mad scientist or something 

[Aislynn]

This is so lovely!  It totally looks like a tribute to Tesla...but I get he Aha! Moment, too!  You did a wonderful job!

[alwaysinmyroom]

I love that you managed to turn all sorts of goodies into this shrine!

The clock workings are particularly interesting!

[alteredmommy]

thanks for the comments....mad scientist/Tesla are both perfect mascots

[HSG]

This is so incredible! Such a creative mind to come up with this design.


Hey, I know some of those parts! Glad you found them useful.

[bookstorebabe]

This is so cool. I like how your mind works! The clock pendulum base works great with this.
hee, now I want a Tesla shrine...
This rocks.