Tree Weathervane – Willow

Our Weeping Willow Weathervane is one of our older designs. It has been used as a logo for a willow themed shopping mall and it has been ordered for a cupola of a house in a willow enhanced region. Our master artisans actually developed new techniques and hammers to create this textured draping tree. It is assembled pieces of repoussé copper sheet, on a swell-bodied trunk, creating a lovely tree from all angles as the vane spins. Because there is a hollow in this vane under the foliage we have included a security device on this particular design. We also do for any ‘winged’ design, be it bee, bird, plane or butterfly, to prevent them from lifting off in a strong wind.

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesof deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are called sallow (the latter name is derived from the Latin word salix, willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species), are low-growing or creeping shrubs. Willows are very cross fertile, and numerous hybrids occur, both naturally and in cultivation. A well known example is the weeping willow (Salix sepulcralis), a widely planted ornamental tree, which is a hybrid of a Chinese species, the Peking willow, and a European species, the white willow. 

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