Friday, January 29, 2010

Afterschool programs with NewYorkClocks!

New York Clocks provides unique in school or after school arts and crafts activities for children K-12 and special needs.

Teach children how to make eco-friendly, sustainable crafts by upcycling (recycling but improving) their household objects.

Make great handmade gifts for Mother's Day, Father's Day, for birthdays or graduations - make a clock with a photograph.

What you will need: have each child provide the item to be used.

Items include: product boxes, tea and spices tins, coffee containers, butter cookie tins, matted photographs, matted graduation announcements or thank-you cards, cigar boxes, a game board. ANY flat surface, not more than about 1/4" thick.

I will drill a hole myself. The child can complete the clock by adding the mechanism, hands and parts which I provide.

Activity time for a class: about 1 hour. Each clock is less than 5 minutes. Children can decorate their clock afterwards with stickers, numbers, etc.

Cost: Only $10 per child, includes clock parts, lesson, drilling. Contact me to schedule.
-Andria Alefhi, newyorkclocks@yahoo.com (I have teaching experience)

Sunday, January 24, 2010

hair clips too!


I also make hair clips for the jeans and sneakers girl. my shop is jeansandsneakers.etsy.com

Vintage upcycled clocks




Here are some from the Vintage collection. Always recycled - no, upcycled!

the {NewNew} of New York

I'm a proud member of the {NewNew} etsy team. Check out our blog, facebook and twitter. Heard of us?

http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/
Meet the {NewNew}

Welcome to NewYorkClocks

I have been making pop art clocks from found, vintage and recycled items since 2006.

Here is link to a video of how to make your own clock, shown on the site Threadbanger in the fall of 2009!

Threadbanger newyorkclocks video