Free Project: My Monet Clock

Just when I think I’m done making clocks, another one pops to mind. This one was inspired by my experiments with applying acrylic paint from our Liquitex® Surface Design Center with a palette knife. Below are directions for how to make one like it. 

Monet Clock

1. Start with an 8” diameter circle of fast2fuse®. Iron white fabric to both sides, and trim to the size of the fast2fuse.

2. Paint the front of clock with Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics using a palette knife.

3. Create the numbers using WordArt in Microsoft Word, and print them in reverse on TAP™ Transfer Artist Paper using an inkjet printer.

4. Scrape away the excess background (polymer) of the TAP so that only the numbers and no excess polymer is transferred when ironing the TAP numbers to the clock face (a great benefit of TAP). Use a piece of Silicone Release Paper to protect your iron.

5. Glue a cord around the outside edge of the clock. I used 3 strands of yarn twisted together.

6. Lightly sand the clock hands, and paint them with Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic paints.

7. Cut a hole for the clock stem, insert the movement, attach the hands.