Sun and Moon Clock

When I first read the brief, I realised that I wanted by clock to include what i felt time truly meant. In my opinion the word which describes time the best is 'endless'. I wanted to clock to portray an image which showed a never ending cycle. The first idea that came to mind was the rotation of day and night. What better way to represent that than a sun and moon. I showed half of a moon and half of a sun, to show their equal importance. This clock was, to me at least, a physical representation of time.

Software - OnShape

When designing this clock, I used a software called 'OnShape'. This allowed me to play around with all kinds of shapes and colors. The first step was to sketch out my design and figure out how all the pieces should fit together. Then I stared to build my first part on the computer. The circle's diameter needed to be exactly 1/3 of the width of the clock. This allowed for the radius of the moon and the 3 o'clock hand on the sun the also be 1/3 of the width of the clock each. Doing this meant that everything looked in proportion.

For my second step, I need to create a crescent which attached to the circular part of the sun. This meant that I needed to measure the angle which the sun and moon met. I came across a few difficulties while drawing this out on OnShape. However, I managed to used a feature called 'spline' which allowed me to created accurate curves in my lines. Using this I was able the create the second part of the clock.

The last step was assembly, which was not too difficult as the software I used allowed me to assemble different parts of the clock using the assembly tool. Overall, I think that I created a clock which represents the endless cycle of time.