Banging on Metal! - Object Design Studiohttp://www.objectdesignstudio.com/banging-on-metal/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:47:25 +0000en-USSite-Server v@build.version@ (http://www.squarespace.com)“Time in the Moment” Custom Watch ProjectNelson GieseckeTue, 12 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0000http://www.objectdesignstudio.com/banging-on-metal/2016/11/12/hand-built-wrist-watch532ca66ee4b025b2a0819fa4:5367cdafe4b0a8d04d96111c:5827a708ff7c5065482bff45After over six years of development a new watch is beginning to finally emerge! It represents a further expansion of time in the moment. These watches express the notion of how we experience time on daily basis: the change in the day, the movement of clouds, the motion of waves on the beach. More to come soon!

Here are a few more images of the last watch!!

Face with clouds and hand made hands

Ft. Meyers seascape.

Back of watch with egret emerging on rotor.

]]>I want to paint!Nelson GieseckeThu, 08 Jan 2015 01:44:49 +0000http://www.objectdesignstudio.com/banging-on-metal/2015/1/4/mixing-metals532ca66ee4b025b2a0819fa4:5367cdafe4b0a8d04d96111c:54a8cf6be4b00fb49e1d78b3

Platinum silver, pure gold, dark white gold, platinum, 22 karat gold, green gold and Shakudo

 landscape paintings have always been a favorite form of art for me, so it has been natural for me to translate the idea of the"day" into metal. Rendering color is always the problem. The color palette is limited and the process is arduous at best.  However, over the years I have made various attempts at trying to "paint" with metal. Normally high fusion is the method I use to bond different alloys of gold and platinum to create different portraits, Below you will find a portrait of Mona Lisa with Mt. Fuji in the background. East meets West in Art!

Abstracted Mona Lisa with Mt. Fuji. Wrist watch back 1985.



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