Schapelle Corby has revealed that she is putting her handmade clock business to bed.
The former drug smuggler made a new life for herself after her release from an Indonesian prison in 2014, and was for years making a living as a successful clockmaker.
However the 47-year-old announced this week that she could no longer keep up the time-consuming work.
‘This may be the last year for me to create my epoxy art,’ she wrote on Instagram.
‘This saddens me. ‘Life is changing, I’m not sure how my resin obsession hobby will fit in. At this point I just don’t know’ she continued.
The $199 to $220 clocks sell online and have proved to be a profitable career for the convicted drug smuggler.
Schapelle Corby (pictured) has revealed that she is putting her handmade clock business to bed
When asked in the comments by a fan if she has something new planned career wise, Corby replied, ‘No. It’s not watch this space.’
Additionally, she held up a clock with lettering embossed on it that read: ‘You are someone’s biggest regret’.
Earlier this year, Corby showed off several colourful timepieces and posted a montage video which showed the process of making the clocks.
In the clip, Schapelle is seen painting the wood, applying resin and assembling the components.
She passionately wrote in the caption, ‘This is my hobby, passion. This is what I love spending my time doing.’
Her followers gushed about her work in the comments, with several saying they had purchased some of her work or had received one of her clocks as a gift.
‘Love your work, it’s stunning,’ said one fan.
‘They look really good, what a cool hobby,’ another remarked.
‘This may be the last year for me to create my epoxy art,’ she wrote on Instagram
‘This saddens me. ‘Life is changing, I’m not sure how my resin obsession hobby will fit in. At this point I just don’t know’ she continued
‘These are absolutely beautiful. They just get better and better!’ wrote one more follower.
Schapelle served nine years behind bars at Bali’s Kerobokan Prison after being found guilty in May 2005 of smuggling marijuana into Indonesia.
Schapelle has always maintained her innocence and her lawyers argued she had unintentionally become a drug mule, suggesting baggage handlers put the drugs in her bag.
The former beauty student, 47, was released on parole in February 2014.
Schapelle was then deported back to Australia in May 2017.
Since moving back home following the ordeal, she has found work as a clockmaker and influencer.
Last year, the former jailbird celebrated her ninth anniversary out of prison.
At the time, she addressed her release in an emotional video on Instagram.
‘I felt queasy in my stomach and I felt a kind of regurgitation of trauma just coming in and settling in my stomach and trying to take over my mind,’ she said of the gruelling experience.
She marked the milestone by having a Pina Colada with her mother, going for a swim and giving away one of her custom-made resin clocks to a lucky fan.
‘I want to celebrate the day – because it is a good day – with something that really occupies my mind and has been such a healing process for me,’ she said.
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