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![]() Having met
on Martha's Vineyard (Cape Cod, USA), Karen and Gordon Green set up
Greens Weathervanes with the aim to producing the most sculptural, hollow-bodied,
copper weathervanes available in the world. Designs
full of vitality and movement and character.
Today the artists are known for their sculpture as much for their weathervanes. Pushing the boundaries of design to create a unique artform which is both heritage craft, applied art, fine art, folk art and architectural ornament.
Karen Meleney & Gordon Green to the left is a picture
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Karen Meleney & Gordon
Green ...a selection of commercial and
public work
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...a snCoppersmith,
Sculptor & Head designer, Karen Meleney Green, has been working
in metal for 18 years. She is the granddaughter of celebrated Norwegian
doll maker, Rønnaug Petterssen, and has studied sculpture, drawing
and painting at The Corcoran, Washington University, and Rhode
Island School of Design (RISD) Employing their unique form of metalsmithing, designs are developed first as paper patterns, breaking down complex shapes into many individual pieces. These pieces are then cut from copper sheet, annealed & then raised and detailed on wooden blocks. No two designs are exactly the same, as this free-handforming technique brings out expressive movement in the copper's surface. The pieces are finally fused together using a high-heat brazing method & a copper/phosphorous/silver rod. The oxygen & acetylene welding torches enable the artists to control and manipulate the brazing rod, in such a way that they are actually sculpting with molten metal, creating such fine detail as eyelids, ears, fingers and hair. ...a snippet from the designer's CV
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