West Coast Weather Vanes

07/03/2026

We recently completed an exciting and challenging project creating the missing finial for a customer who was restoring a Queen Anne home from 1896. The finial was lost in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The link is to an interesting newspaper article about the project. Read on...
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/palo-alto/2026/05/28/how-ai-helped-rebuild-a-victorian-tower-lost-in-palo-alto-during-the-1906-quake/

05/01/2026

Just received a lovely note from a customer:

"Hi Just wanted to send a thankyou and a picture of our weather vane now installed. It looks great and was sized perfectly on your sdvice. We feel it really complements our home & has been getting great comments!"

This Sitting Pelican Weather Vane may be ordered in a variety of ways. It can be made with or without a fish in its beak. The fish can be fabricated from nickel silver, or copper and can be optionally gilded in gold or palladium leaf. We further personalize this sculpture piece by shaping it to be a...

04/14/2026

A Pelican Weathervane lands in Carmel. Anyone who has visited this lovely seaside community knows that Pelicans can be spotted everywhere. Thus, our customer's decision to install one of our Landing Pelician Weathervanes atop their home in this coastal enclave.

Here is the note that accompanied their photo: Hi, just wanted to send a thank-you and a picture of our weather vane, now installed. It looks great and was sized perfectly on your advice. We feel it really complements our home have been getting great comments!

If you'd like to know more about our Pelican Weathervane, here is a link: https://www.westcoastweathervanes.com/weathervanes/sitting-pelican-weathervane/

04/14/2026

Kingfisher Weathervane Project. We just wrapped a fun project for a customer on the East Coast. He wanted to display a small Kingfisher Weather Vane on the top of a post at the end of his dock. We just got a photo of it surveying its new kingdom. For more information on our Kingfisher Weathervanes: https://www.westcoastweathervanes.com/weathervanes/kingfisher-weathervane-branch/