Great Blue Heron Sundial with Bronze Flight Feather, (sculpture).

Great Blue Heron Sundial with Bronze Flight Feather, (sculpture).

Scarlett, John Richard, sculptor.

Great Blue Heron Sundial with Bronze Flight Feather, (sculpture).

1991. Dedicated Oct. 1991.

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Heron: mild steel and brass, painted; Lost flight feather: naval bronze; Base: granite.

Heron: approx. 48 x 67 x 36 in.

(On leg of heron:) JRS 1991 (On lower left edge of flight feather:) JRS 1991 signed

A great blue heron, painted black, stands with its wings outstretched as if about to take to flight. The long feather projecting from the heron's head casts a shadow along thirteen brass buttons indicating the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. riveted along the edges of the wings. A lost flight feather lies on the ground below one of the heron's wings. The heron was fabricated using the traditional blacksmith techniques of bending, cutting, drawing out, upsetting, and welding. Hammer blows, punches, and chisels were used to suggest feathering. The heron is mounted atop a granite rock outcropping.

Animal -- Bird -- Heron

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Watertown

Restricted Owner, Watertown, New York

Steven Taylor served as a consultant for the sundial function of the heron.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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