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Man with Books Wall Sculpture

Written by Catherine B on .

Our Man With Books Wall Sculpture was inspired by a sign our customer saw while traveling in Europe. Though this sculpture piece is quite different, the concept of mounting a sculpture on the street, above the front door, that embodies one’s passion resonated deeply and our customer knew he wanted to do this when the stones on the front of his home were being re-pointed.

Our artists created this piece from copper and brass, in extremely high detail, swell bodied style. These two metals will weather and patina with very nuanced differences over time. Very blue glass eyes were selected from our array of choices.

This delightful piece would also take well to optional gilding, creating bright contrast to the ferrous metals as they patina. It could also be personalized into a portrait of a particular person.

All of our weather vanes and sculptures are made to order, and we love discussing our customers dreams of creating a self expressive art piece for their home, as a gift, or for their business.

Please Enjoy Our Sculpture Gallery

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Grape Weathervane
Wall Sculpture Piece		Sun Face Wall Sculpture
(Friendly or Fierce)		Water Sculpture –
Water Lilies and Cattails
Richie Rich Sculpture – ExclusiveMan with Books Wall SculptureDiver Sculpture
Musician Weathervane –
Clarinet Sculpture		Musician Weathervane –
Saxophone Sculpture		Musician Weathervane –
Trombone Sculpture
Yin and Yang-
Sun and Moon
Gate Sculpture Piece

Book Weathervane with Feather

Written by Claudia DeBorde on .

This Book Feather Weathervane appeals to the book lover in all of us and is a way to let others know about our passion for books. As shown here, the book was fabricated in brass, which creates a nice pairing with the brass directionals (north, south, east, and west). The feather and the small globe above the book are of copper. Because we create each of our weather vanes to order our customers can select the metal combination that appeals to them. We can even add optional gold leaf to create a title on the book if desired.

Historically, Weathervanes were used to help customers identify places of business. This vane is understandably popular with bookshops and libraries.

One customer for this Book Feather Weathervane was an avid reader and book author. This customer requested optional gold leaf accents on the book to keep it looking brilliant against the copper arrow as the copper and brass weather and patina. Books can be created to represent your individual tastes: perhaps a copper book with your favorite title / author accented in gold leaf.

Our personal favorite for bibliophiles is our Bookworm Weathervane. It was inspired by our local university mascot, the University of California at Santa Cruz Banana Slugs. The Bookworm Weathervane shows the bookworm (banana slug) reading a book. Bookworm-Weathervane-022515-W