'History in the Wind' - past work as prototypes

 The last posting showed my design rough for 'History in the Wind', but was thin on details of what the individual weather vane units would actually look like!

I have always been interested in wind motion objects, and have made a great number of both conventional weather vanes and what I call 'sculptural windbiles' in the past.

For the actual submission to the Paisley Street Sculpture Project, I had included images of past works, most replicas or interpretations of historic objects from the spread of history represented :

3) The Norse - ...Bronze Weather Boards like this element were fixed to the ship’s prow, with weighted ribbons moving to indicate wind direction and speed. 

Copper Weatherboard - one of a set of four, early 1990's

5) Quebec - The most common early Canadian weather vane is the rooster or cock.

Copper Weathercock, lightly sculpted, mid 1990's

6) Upper Canada - As settlement moved westward into what is now Ontario, ... the Horse becoming one of the most popular.

Galvanized sheet steel, mid 1990's

7) Into the Future - ... the spinning cups of the Anemometer, to measure wind speed. 

'La Tene Rotor', stainless steel, 2012

 

For other examples of past work see :

Weathervanes - http://www.warehamforge.ca/WEATHERVANES/wvane.html

Sculptural Windbiles - http://www.warehamforge.ca/DECORATIVE/windbiles/windbiles.html