As a young teen, growing up in Bisbee Arizona, Edward Benton would occupy his time by carving and tooling leather buck stitch belts with the person’s name in the design.

After college and several business adventures he drew from his discipline learned in his teen days of leather working, and then having gained skills in precision aerospace parts machining, began creating designs sketched on metal plate and fabricated them into meaningful artlike pieces. Metal, stone and glass are his favorite mediums.

His professional artistic start was with Darrell Mankoff at the first Work of Artists location in lower Scottsdale in 1991. The line of metal designs grew from the first kokopelli sculpture and many custom furniture and wall art pieces, to the extensive collection of clock designs today.

Determined to create a product line discovered that designing clocks is an enjoyable business focus.

“I live for my next rush that comes with an idea and just making it. This is what makes my work enjoyable and alive”. - Edward Benton