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Sculptor of Weather Vanes Travis Tuck, 59, Dies |
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VINEYARD HAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS.- Sculptor of weather vanes Travis Tuck, 59, died of cancer. Travis Tuck designed weather vanes for Steven Spielberg’s stable and Penn State’s football stadium. He was first asked to make a weather vane for the shanty of a character in "Jaws" in 1974. The weather vane represented a fierce shark that did not appear in the film, but made him well-known. His weather vanes sold for between $10,000 to $100,000. The one in Steven Spielberg’s stable represents a dinosaur that measures four feet. The one at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium represents a Nittany Lion.
Travis Tuck has successfully revived the age-old art of weathervane craft in a most elegant way. Hundreds of evocative figures - some drawn from nature, some from contemporary life - have been commissioned by private owners and businesses who appreciate this unique artistry and know they have something which will last for generations and grow in value.
Each figure is a unique handmade piece by the man Condé Nast Traveler calls America’s premier weathervane maker. Using the same repoussé technique of 1700’s colonial craftsmen, Travis Tuck sculpts the final creation from flat copper sheets.
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