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TimePortal

An Art Clock in the Mondrian Style

A little history: An art clock in the Mondrian

style was first conceived of in 1973, just two

years after the Model I, "dot-clock" was

designed.

At that time the technology

to do a good job without too many com-

promises was too difficult. In 2007 Wayne

Husted came up with the TimeArt design

and I, Barry Gamble, saw how to imple-

ment it with laser cutting and program-

ming. A lot of what I learn could be applied

to the Mondrian concept.

Among the difficulties that needed to be

overcome was lamp life, power consump-

tion, the need for too many very expensive

injection molds, and wanting the display to

vary. Light Emitting Diodes solved the first

two problems. Laser cutting of parts and

microprocessors fixed the last problems. So

here is TimePortal, a sophisticated, playful

conversation piece, art work. Enjoy!

Getting to know the new fun in your life.

When you first plug it in, it should have the

correct time. It was set to your time zone

before we packed it up.

Reading the Time

The Time Portal has 3 ways of displaying the

time. It has two Mondrian ways, Random,

or Traditional hours, and the TimeArt meth-

od. First I'll explain the Random Hour Mode.

It is the hardest to read the time quickly,

but perhaps the most fun. You count the

number of segments with the same color.

The warm colors, Red, and Yellow indicate

the hours.

Re d

The

segments are 5 hours each.

Ye llow

The

segments are 1 hour each.

So 1 Red and 2 Yellow is 7 o'clock.

Or, 2 Red and 1 Yellow is 11 o'clock.

The cool colors Blue and Green are the

B l u e

minutes. The

utes each, so 3 blue are 30 minutes. The

G r e e n

segments are a little trickier. One

segment, the circle, is 5 minutes, and any

other segments are 1 minute each. For

example, 3 Blues is 30 minutes. If the circle

is Green then it is 5 minutes. If two other

segments are green, then the time is 37

minutes. The location of the segments is not

important. Only the circle, has the special

meaning of 5 minutes when it turns green.

minutes

Some Examples

3:21

10:30

segments are 10 min-

= 37

8:07

12:59