This Frustrated Golfer Weathervane was commissioned by a customer with a good sense of humor. He lives in Calaveras County, California, home to the famous Frog Jumping Contest, and wanted a glass eyed frog added to his design in an amusing way.  We all loved the result.

In addition, he requested optional palladium and gold leaf to create a more dramatic sculpture piece. The golfer’s hair, eyebrows and mustache are leafed with palladium, while his face, hat, arms, shoe details, the golf ball and the grasses were gold-leafed. As the piece weathers through the shades of brown and eventually patinas in the classic greens, this gilding will remain bright and display contrast for many years.

We recently received a tender note from a wife who had purchased our Happy Golfer and Frustrated Golfer Weathervanes as a gift to her husband. The golfer weathervanes were mounted for many years atop his repair shop/garage. This follows a century-old tradition of using weathervanes to advertise a business enterprise.  The husband has now passed, and she wanted us to see where the weathervanes had been so enjoyed, and to know that they are being passed on to their son as a very special family heirloom.