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Hello All:
I always wanted to try to paint a sundial on a wall
and have just finished my first one. I painted a large colored vertical
decliner for a client's home here in Tucson and I think it turned out quite
well considering the harsh working environment.
First let me say that painting a southern wall on a
10ft. scaffold on a rough textured stucco wall in Tucson in the summer is
HARD!!! Because of the heat, I could only paint from 5am-8am and
5pm-8pm. Painting fine details by hand on textured stucco is a real pain
and very difficult. I could not use painters tape because of
the bumps, so everything had to be painted free hand. I see now why the
sundial artists in Europe often replaster a wall with a smooth texture before
painting. But the owners did not want a smooth surface.
The rough texture is artistically very
pleasing, but it does affect the sharpness of the shadow a tiny bit, but it's
not bad.
The sundial measures 44 x 92 inches (1.12m x
2.33m), declines 4.53 degrees east of south, and has a gold-plated solid brass
conical gnomon. (Remember the discussion we had about cone gnomons?
Those experiments I did were for this dial). We decided to employ
Dave Gard of Aten Sundials to custom make the brass gnomon on his metal lathe
since we wanted a cone gnomon that is wider than off-the-shelf plumbobs.
We wanted the shadow to be wider, like the hands of a clock. The
cone is 2 inches wide at the base and about 4" tall and is screwed to an
anchor bolt on the wall on top of a gold-plated brass star.
I transferred the Delta Cad drawing to the
wall like this:
1. I made a full size drawing of the sundial on
Mylar plastic.
2. Then, using a leather awl (like a short
icepick), I punched holes into the lines on the drawing.
3. Then I taped the drawing to the wall, and using
Sharpee marker pens, I made dots on the wall through the hole in the
drawing.
4. Then I removed the drawing and connected the
dots on the wall.
I painted the colors first, then painted the lines
and numeral on top in layers.
Click Here for photos: http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial
John L. Carmichael
Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Websites:
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