It was late one evening in about 2002 that Steve was trying to repair his computer out in his home workshop that the idea for these sculptures made of computer parts was born.

Steve, a computer geek 'wannabe', is a guy who spent twenty years running radiation-emitting nuclear power reactors under the salt-water-filled ocean inside of a large metal can lined with 450 volts electricity and lots of thermo-nuclear-weapons-tipped warheads mounted on very explosive large rocket motors, in the course of a career in the US Navy submarine force, and thus was not intimidated by little computers, and thought he knew everything. But he was (once again) humbled by the realization that OPERATING a computer is not the same thing as REPAIRING the darn thing!

Struggling for days to make his personal computer breath again, frustrated at his lack of knowledge of the functioning of the boxes of wire, plastic and computer chips, working in the cool nighttime air in his unheated shop, sipping on cheap whiskey (Kesslers) and Diet Coke to provide internal heat, Steve finally came to the realization that the computer he was working on was in fact genuinely and permanently DEAD. Perhaps it was imbibing a bit too much Diet Coke that caused the idea to flash onto Steve's brain to take the motherboard out of the computer box and quickly construct a wood box to fit around the motherboard. He derived a great deal of satisfaction in working out his frustration by the destructive drilling of a large hole through the middle of the circuit board. Using a handy clock motor and a free AOL CD (remember getting thousands of those in the mail back then?) as a clock face, the first GEEK SCULPTURE was born!

The first clock didn't even have any finish on the wood. Brenda, Steve's beautiful loving wife and critic, didn't think much of that clock- she was being practical (good thing one of us is) mourning the loss of the computer from which the clock was born, and its associated replacement cost. But Steve's parents, and later every other friend and aquaintance who saw the clock, loved it, as did Steve. Particularly the Geeks!

Fascinated by the appearance of the computer internals, the imaginative Steve began his ongoing effort to showcase the artistic beauty of the technological marvels found inside personal computers. Motherboards look like little cityscapes. The mirror-finish of a hard-drive platter complimented the similar shape of the clock face, providing a symetry pleasing to the eye. All manner of auxilliary boards, including network cards, modems, video cards, when combined with a bit of woodcraft, proved to be the ideal gift for those who both love and hate computers.

It didn't take long for Steve to realize they were not just clocks, but were in fact each one a unique SCULPTURE- hence the name Geek Sculptures. Always wanting to be a woodworker but never previously having had time to learn, he started improving his skills with each new batch of sculptures.

Brenda changed her mind about liking them when she saw the sculptures start selling.

Nowadays, Steve is always looking for new parts to use in his sculptures, or new ways to display the high-tech parts, usually combined with the beauty of low-tech wood. Its all about the appearance. Different parts from personal computers that used to be thrown away in the dump makes this a recycling project, as well as artistic endeavor. Steve has come up with designs using memory chips, floppy drives, power supplies and optical drives. The types of wood used depends on what is economically available, and have included red and white oak, maple, poplar, sassafras, pine, walnut, and recently a lot of red cedar.

Every one of our clocks is handmade by Steve in our brick-and-mortar shop in Metamora, Indiana that goes by name of the "Smelly Gourmet". To date, he has created nearly a thousand of these conversation pieces. He derives a great deal of satisfaction from repurposing useless high-tech junk into useful pieces of art.

"Geek Sculptures" Computer Clocks are made by Steve under the name of Collier Digital Graphics, a division of our company All Occasions Gift Shop LLC. We are a "one of a kind" old fashioned mom and pop store ran solely by ourselves, Steve and Brenda Collier.  Our mission is to provide you with unique products and true old fashioned customer service and satisfaction that you rarly see anymore, as well as secure online shopping We're not like other online stores, we have an actual brick and mortor retail store where you will find the products shown on this website along with all our other products we make.  You can visit our retail store "The Smelly Gourmet" in Historic Metamora, Indiana where you'll also find our own brand of bath and body products, Crema Fiore which Brenda makes there, Hadarah jewelery (only sterling silver, copper and gemstones) which is made in our shop by our friend Catrina Campbell and a gourmet coffee bar stemming from Steves 7 years living in Italy.  We'll serve you the best cappuccino this side of the Atlantic!  Click here for more information about Historical Metamora an 1838 Canal Town.

We operate other websites which we sell our products. To see all our products go to: www.smellygourmet.com or www.aogiftshop.com. You can see our Crema Fiore Bath and Body product at: www.cremafiore.com. You can contact us at our retail store at 877-332-5787.  Our business hours are Wed - Sat 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Sun 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.  You can always leave a message if after hours or you can email us at mail@computerclockgeekgifts.com If you don't hear back from us right away it could be that we could not make out your voicemail message or your email did not go through.

The name "The Smelly Gourmet" was born due to our "smelly" bath and body products (made by Brenda, also very creative) and our "gourmet" coffee bar, born out of Steve and Brenda's joint love of the elixer and Steve's seven years experience living in Italy.