This Loon with Shooting Star Weathervane was a delightful collaboration. The customer is a french artist, and she did the preliminary design.  From there our challenge was to design the weather vane capturing the lightness the artist envisioned while incorporating the strength needed for functionality. The weather vane was to be installed on a cupola in very high wind conditions, necessitating a number of strategic design elements. For stability no single element could be unattached from the rest, or, in our shop lingo, ‘loose’. For example, the arc of the shooting star has strengthening rods on its face, one of which extends through the duck and into the horizontal water.

The swell bodied sculpture piece was crafted in copper with black glass eyes. Optional gold leaf gilding was requested on the stars and on the loon to display its distinctive feather markings. As the copper darkens with weathering these markings and bright stars will have a magical effect.

You will also see from the pictures that the directionals are not the usual North South East West. This customer chose to further personalize their weather vane by ordering custom directionals that noted their initials. A ‘Lucky Penny‘ from the year of the vane’s completion seals the end of the horizontal tube denoting the water.

As you can see, working with our customers to create their vision for their perfect weather vane is what we do. With this design the loon could be changed to a duck, or other water bird, perhaps even an otter. Let us know if this design is one that could work for you. We’d love to discuss it.

Please Enjoy our Moon, Star, & Comet Gallery

Moon and Comet Weathervane	Saturn Weathervane – Saturn With Comet	Loon and Shooting StarWeathervane	Sun Weathervane with Moon, Star & Comet
Moon Goddess Weathervane	Cat on the Moon Weathervane	Mermaid and Moon Weathervane	Moon and Sword Weathervane
Sun, Moon & Comet Weathervane	North Star with Starburst Weathervane Version 2	Star Finial – Moravian Star	Star Maiden Weathervane