Sundials can be beautifully crafted from slate and other stones, and perhaps engraved with a favourite poem or quotation.  A bird bath does not just have to serve the birds or be traditional in design - it can be carved from stone or modelled in clay and high-fired for resistance to frost.

Bird Bath by Diana Roles (ceramic)
Martin Cook - Standing Sundial (Cumbrian green slate, gold leaf, ht. 172 cms, words by Nick Drake)
Martin Cook - Standing Sundial (Cumbrian green slate, gold leaf, ht. 186 cms, words by Martin Cook)
Martin Cook - Standing Sundial (Cumbrian green slate, gold leaf, ht. 186 cms, words by Martin Cook)

Will Spankie - Compass Bird Bath (Purbeck freestone, oak base, 40 x 30 cms + base)
Will Spankie - Hexagonal Sundial (slate, brass gnomon, oak base, 72 x 29 x 29 cms)
Zoe Cull & Alex Evans - Lotus Bird Bath (Portland stone, green Cumbrian slate, 90 x 60 cms)
Zoe Cull & Alex Evans - Lotus Bird Bath (Portland stone, green Cumbrian slate, 90 x 60 cms)

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