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FOX WEATHERVANE
Fox Weather Vane with Feather
by West Coast Weather Vanes
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Fox Weathervane Customer Photo
Fox Weathervane Design, personalized
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Fox Weather Vane, Sitting Fox
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Fox Weathervane Design
Fox Weathervane Customer Photo
Fox Weathervane Design, Sitting on Cupola
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The Sitting Fox weathervane is another variation on our popular fox weather vane designs. In the photo featured here, you can see that we used optional gold leaf on the fox’s inner ears, lower face, chest and tail tip. We used optional palladium on the nose, ears and legs. Brown taxidermy eyes with black pupils give it an animated appearance.
An interesting thing about this particular design is the full body twist we have depicted in the fox’s body. Weathervanes usually depict a subject in full profile to make it easily recognizable when viewed from a distance. Making weathervanes with this twist makes them dynamic but are also more challenging and require greater technical skill to create. In addition, this vane is also mirror image (meaning both sides of the vane are exactly the same) so you don’t see the backside of the fox when the wind turns it 180 degrees. Rendering the uplifted front leg so it reads convincingly from both sides was another technical challenge but we all thought it came out very well. We’ve enclosed a couple other images here of West Coast Weather Vane designs that employ similar design composition.
This Sitting Fox weathervane was originally commissioned by customers in Maryland. Its intended location was a top a cupola on their new carriage house. They were gracious enough to send us photos of the weathervane on top of their new structure. Below is a quote describing their impressions about their new weathervane.
“Wow! We love the Sitting Fox Weathervane. It is truly a work of art. We were amazed by how realistic it looks, the glass eyes, the way the gold leaf and palladium on the ears make them look three dimensional, and the hammered effect on the body that looks like fur…. So we took a bunch of pictures of it on the carriage house, and we'll send them to you when we get the disc back. It is gorgeous and we couldn't have asked for anything more suitable. It is perfect!”
Fox is a general term applied to any one of roughly 27 species of small to medium-sized omnivorous canids in the tribe vulpini with sharp features and a brush-like tail. By far the most common species of fox is the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), although different species are found on almost every continent. The presence of fox-like carnivores all over the globe has led to their appearance in the popular culture and folklore of many nations, tribes, and other cultural groups; see foxes in fiction. Fox terminology is different from that used for most canids. Male foxes are known as dogs, tods, vixes (plural of vix), or reynards, females are referred to as vixens, and their young are called kits or cubs, as well as pups. A group of foxes is a skulk
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Ordering Information:
To place an order, please call us at (831) 425-5505.
At the time you call, we will provide you with an estimated completion date.
At the time the order is placed, a deposit of 1/3 is due. Upon receipt of the deposit, time will be reserved in our schedule. The balance is due when the weather vane has been completed and prior to shipping. Deposits can be made with Visa, MasterCard or check.
All West Coast Weather Vanes are custom made for the person who orders them.
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