WEATHERVANES

are created from hammered copper

NH State Liquor Store	NEW HAMPSHIRE % PERCENT FOR ART COMMISSION
The weathervane to your right was created with the same process that the Statue of Liberty was; - this method is known as repousse which is to hammer and form metal. The 'Boats' sculpture material is copper a metal favored for repousse work. The overall vane height from coordinates to top of mast was about 10 feet.
See this work on New Hampshire's Rt. I-95 N. at the State Liquor Store along with "Sun Rising" and "Crescent Moon" by the Artist.	"THE JOHN PAUL JONES TOPSAIL GUN SLOOP" (C) William Barth Osmundsen
"Live free or Die" NH State Motto	Purchase NH commemorative gifts with 'the Sloop'(T-Shirt, Mug etc.) at our AtelierOsmundsen Gift Shop

Pictured above: Bill Osmundsen looks over the 'Sloop' Weathervane in his New Hampshire studio. (Your left)

Monroe Dahl installs "Sighting the Course for SeaCoast New Hampshire on the cupola of the NH Welcome Center in Seabrook off I-95N.(Ctr)

The Sculptor gives a final look at 'Sighting' before instillation.(Your right)

"Sighting the Course for Seacoast New Hampshire"

Bronze (cast by the Artist)

featured inside New Hampshire's Seabrook Welcome Center on I-95 North

WEATHERVANE NOTES

presentations & comments

Links about the Weathervanes & Artist:-

1) Weathervanes 'Sample project' NH State

2) "NH program requires one-half of 1 per.."

3) Nominees for 2001 Governor's Awards are

Weathervane link: Wikipedia

The Weathervanes pictured above:- the 'Sloop' and 'Sighting' are the two principal weathervanes of 4 Vanes commissioned from two

NH%Percent for Art Awards by: NH State Council on the Arts; NH State Liquor Commission; NH Department of Transportation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Vanes can be seen on I-95N. as you cross the State line from Mass. See 'Sighting' on the NH Welcome Center in Seabrook and a few miles north the 'Sloop', "Sun Rising" and "Crescent Moon" on the State Liquor Store.

"Sighting the Course for Seacoast New Hampshire"

Copper Repousse Weathervane is over 6 feet high

and is on top of Seabrook NH Welcome Center

A percent for Art Award to Bill Osmundsen

See and learn more about Weathervanes; Commission Weathervanes-See Designs:

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