yoonyouk-project06-abstractclock

sketch

function setup() {
    createCanvas(300, 480);
    background(162, 220, 254);

    angleMode(DEGREES);
}

function draw() {
background(162, 220, 254);

var H = hour();
var M = minute();
var S = second();

    
    var mappedH = map(H, 0,23, 100, 500);
    var mappedM = map(M, 0, 59, 0, 400);
    var mappedS = map(S, 0, 59, 0, 480);

    noStroke();

    //background sky color - seconds
    //the darker blue dropping down on the canvas indicates the seconds
    fill(111, 173, 254);
    rect(0, 0, width, mappedS);


    //stem - minutes
    //growth of the stem indicates the greater minutes
    //the taller the stem, the more minutes
    fill(100, 212, 126);
    rect(width/2-10, height, 20, -1* mappedM);

    //sunflower petals = hours
    //the number of petals indicates the hour of the time

    if(H==0){
        H=12;
    }

    if(H<24 & H>12){
        H-=11;
    }
 
    for (var i=1; i<H; i++){
        push();
        translate(width/2, height-mappedM);
        rotate(30*i);
        strokeWeight(30); 
        stroke(255, 208, 54);
        line(0, 0, 0, -75);
        pop();
    }


    //sunflower head
    noStroke();
    fill(112, 84, 69);
    ellipse(width/2, height-mappedM, 100, 100);



}

I was inspired to use a sunflower as my abstract clock when researching Kircher’s sunflower clock. Although Kircher used the orientation and the position of the sunflower to determine time, I decided to use the physical characteristics of the sunflower to indicate the seconds, minutes, and hours.