Scavenger Chic

Clock Junk Angel

• By Joan
• December 3, 2018
• 6 Comments

It’s been 3 months since I’ve shared a junk angel with you and this one has been on my to do list for quite a while, ever since I found a box of old watch parts at a flea market.  I know, that this is way more than just one angels worth, but it’s a start.

Back in June, I took pictures of many of the clock faces for you to use as clip art but I’m finally getting around to using some of the actual pieces.

Cut your angel body from a piece of scrap wood or pallet wood.  My angel body started as a 11 x 5″ rectangle.  Round off the top corners for angel shoulders.

Find a piece of scrap wood for the wings. Here I’m using scrap wood  leftover from  my farmhouse wood siding frames.  Use the body as a pattern to mark the inside of the wings and use your imagination for the outside.

Cut out with a jigsaw, scroll saw or band saw.

Sand down all the edges of both the body and wings.

I loved the chippy paint of the old farmhouse siding so I sealed it with modpodge to prevent any further chipping.  Paint the body the color of your choice.

Cut arms from a dowel rounding off the shoulders.  Sand both ends.

The clock paper is from   Collage Mini Paper Stash by Tim Holtz .  The paper is  the perfect addition to my watch and clock pieces but you could also use the  clip art which I shared a couple months ago.

I cut a few of the clock faces from the Tim Holtz paper and modpodged them on the angel body, super gluing  watch pieces on top.

I have tons of piano hammers leftover from my piano angel and they make great legs and feet.  Drill a hole the diameter of the dowel and glue.

If you don’t have piano parts, make sure you head to the bottom of this post for more leg and angel ideas.

All three angel pieces are joined together from the back with a screwed on thin piece of wood.  You may recognize my slat of wood as an old shutter slat.

 The middle of this spindle is going to play the part of angel head.

The spindle works out great.  I got 2 heads from the one spindle and it even comes with a neck.  The other head was used on the piano angel.

Every angel needs a halo.  The only requirements of a halo are that it is round, flat and slightly larger than the head.  I have no idea where this halo came from but it appears to be an old gas gauge.  Attach to the head with a screw thru the center.

The head is attached with a dowel.  Drill thru the center of the body and head, insert dowel and glue.

Paint the arms the color of your choice.  If you want her to hold something, drill a hole thru both hands and insert a wire.  Use finish nails to attach the arms to the body.

Raid your junk pile to finish off your angel.  

The broken stopwatch and the clip on flower earring were both in the box of watch parts.

Stay inspired.

If you don’t have watch parts, maybe you can find your angel inspiration here.  Everybody needs more angels in their lives.

I’m taking the next couple of weeks off to catch up on decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking, cooking, party planning, cleaning….phew, I’m tired already.  Oh, and a couple of the projects I’m working on just happen to be Christmas presents so I can’t share them quite yet.  So  happy holidays to you all and I’ll be back soon.  Stay tuned.

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