How about using colorful mosaic tile (glass, ceramic or stone) dial? They
are quite durable and hold their colors permanently.
Here are links to the only two known analemmatics made from mosaic tiles
(from the SGS website).
http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_files/Stained_Glass_Sundial_177.jpg
Dial 117
The Adzema Human Dial
Designer: Robert Adzema, famous sundial designer and award winning member of
The North American Sundial Society
Date: unknown, prob. 1990's
Original Location: the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York USA
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: large yellow sun in center with date line on top. Sky blue
background with clouds.
Inscription: Has these user instructions: "stand on today's month and your
shadow will point to the time. from November through March subtract 1 hour."
Condition: unknown
Comment: This is a human analemmatic sundial mosaic made from hundreds of 1"
bathroom tiles. We found this photo on Adzema's website and have contacted
him asking for more information and photos.
http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_files/Stained_Glass_Sundial_99.jpg
Dial 99
The Torquay Dial
Sundial Delineator: Ian Sells
Artwork Designers and Installers: local artists, Claire Gittings & Glen
Romanis and a crew of 4 others.
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 38° 19' 30" S, 144° 19' 45" E. Adjacent to the
corner of Esplanade and Darian Road at Fisherman's Beach, Torquay Victoria,
Australia
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: 4 to 5 m. wide on an 8 m. slab of concrete.
Adornment: elaborate artwork represents a number of traditional dreaming
stories of the Wathaurong aboriginal people, including Mindii, the ever
watchful Snake and Bunjil, the Eagle, Creator and Overseer. The analemma is
the eagle's body.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comment: Elaborate Analemmatic interactive sundial that uses a person's body
for the gnomon. Standing on the date, a human's body casts a shadow that
indicates the time. Unfortunately, this is a flawed design since the dial
should have a straight date line instead of an analemma. This causes errors
in the time readings. Dial contains about 120,000 glass tiles! Project
initiated by the Lions Club. We are looking for better resolution photos and
more information on this beautiful dial.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tony moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sundial Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: On the greatest size of an analemmatic and more
Anselmo requestd,
Now my doubts lie in materials: I have been talking to people hwo knows
about
road construction and things like these and every one of them tells me a
different
thing about laying the numbers and the decorations. Any suggestion from
you?
Ably assisted by Graham Aldred we recently laid out a 5 metre analemmatic
at Brocks Hill Ecology Park near Leicester in England. The client wanted
a full ellipse rather than just the daylight hours so the numerals are
laid out as seventeen profiled 'suns' and seven 'stars' to complete the
feature.
The hour plates were laser-cut from 6mm 'brushed' stainless steel, each
with a different wild creature of the day or night deep-etched for
children to do 'brass rubbings' on paper. The central 'calendar strip'
is also 6mm stainless steel with engraved numerals etc. and laser-cut
sunface ends.
For security each plate has four flash-butt-welded nuts underneath with
long security bolts set in concrete. Polymer 'tarmac' fills the spaces
level.
JPEGs of the finished dial and/or individual hourplates etc. on request.
Tony Moss.
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