Amber Clock

About Amber Clock

This glass indoor sculpture is designed to represent the concept of time.

John Paul Robinson’s sculptural glasswork is highly regarded for its masterful execution. The Canadian artist is often Inspired by the dynamic relationship of humans with the natural world and our understanding of science.

The Amber Clock resembles a spinning top; its shape is also reminiscent of a planet. Inside the hand-blown glass globe are a number of metal gears that are the inner workings of a clock. The globe itself is crackled glass–fissures and cracks appear on the surface adding attractive detail. The globe is enclosed in an ornate copper ‘cage’ that sits in a cone.

“Amber clock was made in response to the turn of the new millennium in the year 2000. It is about deep time. It explores the idea that time is a consequence of orbits of planets around the sun and the moon around the earth.”
John Paul Robinson

John Paul Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and the Ontario College of Art where he later taught for several years.
Robinson is a Fellow of The Creative Glass Center of America, a recipient of the Joan Chalmers Glass Award, and has twice received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Robinson has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto, Palm Beach, Quebec City, and Chicago. His works are in corporate, private, and public collections throughout North America including the Canadian Museum of History, the Musée des Beaux-arts, Montreal, and the Museum of American Glass, New Jersey.

Robinson is represented exclusively by Oeno Gallery.