All American Modern Art For Home And Garden Weathervanes

Learning to appreciate and admire our own culture is sometimes a bit overlooked by most, as is the essence of a weather vane. Life among garden plants, vases, flowers, trees and birds in the home is also sometimes overlooked by those too busy to remember how far they have come as a civilization. Weathervanes are like instant memories. With some weather vanes, the sound of the changing wind will be an immediate reminder of our culture and heritage, with others the mere sight of it will evoke past experiences and pleasant memories. Art can change society if it wants to or even bring inspiration and insight. The most traditional of modern American arts in the home and garden is the weather vane. From the earliest documented colonial weather vane of Deacon Shem Drowne in the 18th century to his most famous Grasshopper weather vane that stands on Faneuil Hall in Boston to the present day, weather vane sculptures have shaped modern American art.

Weather vane and modern American art

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When we think of modern American art, most people tend to think of paintings and sculptures that are found in art galleries and museums. Weathervanes are among the most traditional works of American sculpture, as they have indicated the direction of the wind on the tops of houses, fences, and barns for hundreds of years and have represented important parts of our history. They are handcrafted and none can be exactly the same. Each weather vane is in itself a work of human expression, produced by the hands of an artesian who takes his work seriously and with great passion. Old North Church (1740, Boston), First Church in Cambridge (1721), Province House (1716, Boston), Goddess of Liberty, the Federal Eagle and many famous racehorses have all been immortalized by the weather vane carving and banners on the highest peaks.

Weather vane gives the direction of the wind and feeds the imagination.

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The compass rose is held firmly on a weather vane and will always indicate the north direction. The weather vane itself will always point in the direction the wind is blowing. The movement of wind and air is physically the release of energy which has gained speed and is propagated in the sky respecting the laws of the cosmos. Indicating in a subtle way what the sky is about to do. The wind can normally tend to sit idle without a weather vane, but it is still doing something, even if it is absent. Metalworkers and historians have been enchanted by the fascinating beauty of the weather vane and those delicate “cathartic” moments that they capture in our hearts. Curved and whirling like a dancer, the weather vane feeds our human imagination with its beauty and becomes our link with the sky.

Art in the home and in the garden inspires peace and contemplation

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This deep and intricate realm of modern American art can be appreciated most in delicate things. Home and Garden is a place where this kind of traditional handmade art restores the splendor of the subtle and peaceful. "Home is where the heart is." And through the art of the weather vane, our expressions of self and family become more in tune with the sky, wind, and earth we call home. The weather vane inspires peace and contemplation wherever it is. Mythical creatures, farm animals, sea creatures, sailboats, planes, national pride; creative works from an artistic imagination that follow the movements of the wind, a wind that only sleeps in the calm of the storm. And in such moments, the weather vane asks a question, where is the wind?