Hi, I have been contacted by a company of landscape architects who are contemplating a large dial for a current project. I advised them to consider using a sundial design consultant, since they don't have experience in the art. I volunteered to help them find contact details for consultants, so if you're in this line of work and interested in this job, please contact me, off list, by 26 April 2002. I will collate replies but then leave it to them to contact you to discuss their ideas/plans in more detail, if they decide to go ahead.
They want some idea of your rates, and a ball park estimate for the amount of effort (days) that they would need to buy from you, plus contact details and ideally a web site showing examples of your designs. They have ideas about what materials they want to work with, and might, I think, want to handle the 'artistic' elements of the design themselves, as well as the actual construction. The help they would need would be in the technicalities of calculating the dial lines/curves for the location, what precision to aim for, handling EoT, types of furniture to consider, how to get the correct alignment, vandal-proofing and so on. Things are at an early stage and they are not yet sure what type of dial they want to have. I know they have a they have a space of about 35 feet in diameter, and I am led to believe that environmentalism / eco-friendliness will of relevance. I don't know what budget they have for the dial project. The intended location is White Lake, Michigan, near Detroit, but it may well be that your involvement would not need you to go to site - it's all open and subject to negotiation. Cheers, Steve -
