by Vomit Clock | Feb 15, 2021 | Ceramics, Craft History, Exhibit, Molds
In 1900s Austria, a young man working at a tile company named Frank Hollendonner learned how to make ceramic molds for pouring tiles. This young man would soon make his way from Austria to New Jersey, expanding his talent for mold making into ceramic molds used for...
by Vomit Clock | Feb 1, 2021 | Craft History, Exhibit
Outside a small craft store in Birmingham, Alabama, a man pours plaster molds in a makeshift plant of rough sheets of plywood on top of dusty sawhorses. These plaster molds, soon to be distributed around the country and designed for the typical ceramic vases or...
by Vomit Clock | Jan 24, 2021 | Exhibit, Gallery, Vomit Clock Pictures
When Windy J. first saw this rare set – a vintage resin clock (a “vomit” clock) with MATCHING resin owl figurines – they thought “these are either the ugliest items or the most unique items I have ever seen!” And it’s true...
by DaisyG | Jan 18, 2021 | Exhibit, Uncategorized
Resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that can usually be converted into polymers. They are usually made of organic compounds, and resin that is naturally-sourced comes from plants. Plants secrete resin in response to an injury,...
by Vomit Clock | Dec 29, 2019 | Exhibit, Lanshire
The Vomit Clock Museum has been studiously searching for information on the Lanshire Corporation, a clock-making company based in Chicago, IL that is associated with vomit clocks. Clock Movements by Lanshire The reason that Lanshire Corporation is connected to vomit...
