SunClocks North America
Use a person’s own shadow to tell the correct time

SunClocks can be made using your own choice of a wide range of materials, from inexpensive to luxurious and anything in-between, in order to blend in nicely with your location. Having the choice of which materials to use to build your SunClock truly gives each and every SunClock its own unique design.

Here are some examples of materials commonly used to build SunClocks:

• Painted on the ground using durable, weather resistant outdoor paint. This is of course one of the quickest and least expensive ways to complete your SunClock and is the method most commonly used by schools.
• Schools that may want to periodically have new students benefit from building the SunClock can use very inexpensive paint in order to have them start over after the old design wears out.
• If you want a very temporary SunClock, maybe for schools who want several classes to make their own SunClocks on different days, it could even be drawn onto pavement using simple chalk.
• Conversely, a very durable alternative would be to use thermoplastic paint, often used for road surface markings that require increased durability. This would, however, require the services of a pavement marking company as special equipment is required for its application.
• Inexpensive paving stones decorated with a simple mosaic design can be used as an ‘arts and craft’ project.
• Metal studs could be used for layouts on asphalt.
• Some SunClocks also use treated wood or even concrete molded into the desired shape of the various SunClock markers.
• Marble or Granite can be used for more elaborate SunClocks as your budget allows.

Your creativity in the materials and designs that you can use to build your SunClock are only limited by your imagination. Please review our Photo Gallery for more ideas on which materials to use for your own SunClock.

Please also contact us if you are interested in producing custom made KITS of component parts for SunClocks in various materials (stone, granite, brick, metal, concrete, mosaics). These kits are currently only available in the UK and can sell for well over a thousand dollars, depending on the materials and the quality of workmanship.