Latest project… my wife came home a few days ago and said she registered me to sell my lampwork and laser cutting items at a local art league. Didn’t really have any laser cut items available so I came up with this.
I have some ideas for a few variations including using acrylic pie slices for the color chart so my wife doesn’t have to paint the color wheel for me
What if you pre-paint 12 circles with a roller or rattle can, then cut them out? Then you can reassemble into the natural finish border when the paint is dry.
[editing, since it didn’t even make sense to me.]
Prepare 12 blanks.
Engrave words, figures, and brushes.
Cut outline. Cut clock circle.
Repeat, but leave the last border on crumb tray held in place with magnets or tape. (Unless you have snapmarks.)
Paint cut out clock circles 12 different colors.
When paint is dry, install clock circles one at a time and cut pie slices.
Reassemble - probably face down and laminate a back on it to keep all the pieces in place.
Glue on numbers.
Clear coat front.
Install clock.
PROFIT!
If you make the circle just the least bit oval, you would ensure that the pie pieces would only reassemble correctly.