BJ Sears Sevastapol Travel Clock
USA, 2011
mixed media and found objects
18.5 w x 12 d x 38.5 h inches
The central body of this artwork is a repurposed tea kettle, which Sears' deft hand transformed into a clock and time travel device; as a lone mantle piece, the Sevastapol Travel Clock is a beautiful object.

Surviving the Siege of Sevastopol, this “travel clock” seemed to have been abandoned by Major General Adolphus Tull of the Grenadier Guards and was found on the battlefield, in September 1855. Contrary to Florence Nightingale’s reports of horrendous living conditions in the Crimea this clock may be evidence that some in the officer corps soldiered on. The clock doubled as a tea pot.

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