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The following sundial was
designed
for
a 70th birthday. It is limestone with a slate insert (holding a copper
gnomon), and 23carat gold leafing.
The seven
visible corner triangles
are
each cut with an initial of one of the 3 children and 4 grandchildren
of the person whose birthday the sundial is celebrating.
The three
upward facing octagonal
faces
have the slate insert, a hand carved Tudor rose (for England), and a
gold leafed Maltese cross (for the St John's Ambulance of which she was
member)
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The
following garden sundial is constructed from a monolith in Welsh slate. The calibrated sundial, has the Latin motto: "SOL
ME PROBAT UNUS" : Only the sun can prove that I am useful.
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following garden sundial is constructed from Riven Welsh slate. It was
for a joint 40th birthday. On the Sundial face is an inscribed Welsh
Dragon. The Sundial has three stainless steel bolts attached to the
base, to be embedded in a concreate base under the ground. (here is also one for a 50th joint birthday) |
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The
following sundial is another
designed for a 65th birthday. It is Ancaster Weatherbed limestone with
a slate insert
(holding a brass gnomon), and 23carat gold and copper leafing.In addition there is a hand carved Tudor Rose, and slate
shield with the family surname.
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The following sundial is
another
designed for a 70th birthday. It is limestone with a slate insert
(holding a brass gnomon), and 23carat gold and copper leafing.
The seven
visible corner
triangles are
each cut with an initial of one of the recipient, his wife, 2 children,
2 grandchildren and son-in-law.
The three
upward facing octagonal
faces
have the slate insert, a gold and copper leaf sun design, and a motif
representing Wagner's ring cycle (The recipient being an opera buff). |
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The
following is a plinth cut from
sandstone, standing 2 feet tall for a garden sundial. The inscription
(in German) translates as "Hail the Sun !", the flames are in Copper
and 23 carat Gold. The plinth has a hexagonal theme with twelve
triangular faces.
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| The following garden sundial was designed for a 50th wedding anniversary |
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An alternative Garden sundial, is an Analemmatic one
than is placed on the ground, and the gnomon (pointer) is the
individual who stands on it, casting a shadow onto an series of markers
to read off the time. An example is shown below:
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