"I like the simplicity of my current work's design. It feels great to have something simple and beautiful, a style that I can call my own."
Leonie Lacouette manages to strike a balance between concepts and influences that otherwise might seem like polar opposites. Her elegant clocks successfully reconcile the strict geometries of Minimalism with a warm, approachable palette of colored patinas on the copper and nickel that predominate her designs. Created from a basic language of circles, squares, ovals, and rectangles, the clocks are not only beautiful, but often playful as well. In one design, the otherwise hidden movement of the pendulum swings gently back and forth to create a dynamic (and unexpected) game of 'hide-and-seek'. More than 30 years ago, Lacouette started making clocks, as a practical way to make a living while using the aesthetic training she'd received in art school. It all began when she needed a clock for her studio, and noticed an ad in a magazine for a company selling clock mechanisms. Leonie attended SUNY New Paltz where she studied ceramics.
