Tiffany Singh and Kaedia Hodge paint wood pieces destined to become clocks at the Spring on Creativity Art Festival outside the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour in Spanish Town on Saturday. Photo: JASON SMITH

With a paintbrush in her small hand and her eyes focused on the piece of refurbished wood in front of her, 8-year-old Kaedia Hodge spent her Saturday afternoon helping her big brother with his business.

Tiffany Singh and Kaedia Hodge paint wood pieces destined to become clocks at the Spring on Creativity Art Festival outside the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour in Spanish Town on Saturday. Photo: JASON SMITH
Keone Maduro, a fire officer and woodworker who runs the business Clocks by Keone, presided over a small table with several clocks displayed outside the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour.

No two were alike, but each featured brightly coloured objects like a sailboat or a martini glass.

Mr. Maduro, one of more than two dozen artists participating in the Spring on Creativity Art Festival, said that painting is the hardest part of clock-making.

“You would be like painting forever just trying to get the right shade or the right colour,” he said, adding that he’s been making clocks for more than a year. “We made a few just to mess around, and we put them in the shop and people started buying them like crazy.”

The shop he referred to is Pearls VI, whose owner, Alex Durante, organised the event partly to celebrate the expansion of her business to VG and partly to bring together likeminded craftspeople.

See the April 23, 2015 edition for full coverage.

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