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Fine Art Designs in Copper
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The Gallery
Woodfield Farmhouse
Tyberton, Madley
Hereford, HR2 9PT
England 01981-500-584
Welcome to Greens
Come see our new Gallery!
Weathervanes,
like most modern applied arts, straddle the divide between art and craft. With
copper antique weathervanes reaching astronomical prices at auction ($5.8 million
is the record), custom copper weathervanes have never been more collectible. In
August 2008 Greens relocated from Dartmoor, to a restored Georgian farmhouse near
Hereford. Just down the road from the book-capital Hay-on-Wye (voted England's
happiest place to live 2008), the Greens have renovated the gardens and rooms
to create a showcase for their growing collection of new designs. |
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a
selection of commissioned designs from the archive.....
ballet
slippers
barn
owl
Chinese
dragon
croquet players
Diana
dolphins
dragon
god
of wind
goose
hare
& moon
hawk
hedgehogs
heraldic
dolphin
heron
horse
horse
head
Japanese
fish
mallard
mermaid
Mr.
Toad
peacock
pheasant
puffin
rabbits
rooster
sailboat
seahorse
shag
swan
trout
whale
White
Rabbit
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American sculptor Karen Meleney Green (RISD, BA sculpture) began making copper weathervanes in 1991. She established Greens Weathervanes after meeting and marrying Liverpool-born artist/photographer Gordon Green. They have become known for producing some of the most ornate and beautiful handmade weathervanes available in the world today...read more | |
| Sculptural elements are produced from 16 ounce annealed sheet copper. A solid bronze bearing surface is integrated into the pivot point and structural elements are created from brass & bronze. A main shaft of stainless steel and an internal roof bracket are supplied with all weathervanes. 23K gold leaf, palladium leaf, or enamel can be added to highlight details or lettering...read more |
| the history of the weathervane: |
Weathervanes have been gracing our skylines for over 2.000 years. The first documented
weathervane (48BC), a
cast bronze image of Triton, was
cited on the "Tower of the Winds", the base of which still stands near
the Athens Acropolis. In Europe,
weathercocks were popularized by a 9th
century papal edict.
However it was the Industrial
Revolution & the Victorian
appetite for ornament that created a weathervane boom. Antique
copper weathervanes dating from this period are fetching impressive sums at auction,
One such weathervane, a copper Indian, recently sold for $8.54 million at Sotheby's
in New York. .....
read more |
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