Wow what a project. I wondered why you were quiet last year but this explains it all. Thanks John for sharing it with us.
Regards, Roger From: John Carmichael Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 9:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Railways and Sundials Hello All: Bare with me, this email will eventually relate to sundials (as Roger says, everything eventually does.) I sheepishly must admit that I have been unusually quiet on the list for one year. Let me explain. It wasn't for lack of interest in all your postings which I have been reading, it was because I was so deeply involved in a giant project which consumed all my time and undivided attention. It took over my life for one year (and helped me to escape the horrible state of world and national affairs. I literally made my own little world and never left town). I have been working non-stop all day, every day for thirteen months on this project. Without the encouragement and support from my family and friends, it would not have been possible. I have been making sundials for twenty years. But had a crazy dream festering in the back of my head for just as long. Ever since they were invented in Germany in the 1980s, I've wanted to design and build a Garden Railway. They can be magical and most satisfying things. I figured that I'm starting to get old and if I waited any longer I physically wouldn't be able to do it. So I bit the bullet and made a big decision to temporally halt my sundial business, retool my shop, and make the railroad. Then along came the letter from Gianni Ferrari on Railway Sundials, and it woke me up and I realized that sundials do relate to everything. (thanks Roger). Well, Gianni's letter also gave me an idea. Many years ago, NASS gave me the Sawyer Dialing Prize which was a beautiful and sturdy little brass equatorial dial made by The Great Tony Moss himself. Sadly, it has set on my shady workbench, much loved but unused for all these years. I had no sunny window available and no good place outside- until now! I thought what a great idea! I'll use my Sawyer Dialing Prize Sundial as a miniature monumental sundial on the railroad. So I glued it on top of a stone pinnacle by the Trolley Station. Looks great and works just fine. Thanks Tony and Gianni! Everybody loves it. I'm back at dialing again and have orders. The break was good, but I'm happy to be dialing again. Here is a Flickr set of the new railroad, including the railroad sundial: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/sets/72157632430552837/ I didn't have time to write descriptions under each photo, so you'll just have to guess what you are looking at. All aboard! John John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: [email protected] My Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Turrets: http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gianni Ferrari Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 4:02 AM To: LISTA INGLESE Subject: Rrailways and sundials Maybe someone is interested in the group of monothematic sundials that Italian gnomonists Giacomo Bonzani and Guido Dresti have designed on the walls of the stations of a small mountain railway (52km) which connects the town of Domodossola (Northern Italy) with nearest Switzerland. Greetings Gianni Ferrari LInk: http://lnx.vigezzonews.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=750:la-valle-dal-tempo-dipinto&catid=38:la-valle-dal-tempo-dipinto&Itemid=62 --------------------- Ing. Gianni Ferrari Lat. 44;38,18.5N Long. 10;56,05.3E [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6010 - Release Date: 01/04/13
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