Originally inspired by the 19th Century American Farmer's wind vanes atop old barns, which often depicted The Angel Gabriel blowing his trumpet on Judgement Day. I quickly realized, that for Judgment Day, nobody cares which way the wind is blowing, they just want to know if they're going to Heaven or Hell. So. Rather than put North, South, East, West on the wind vane, I just put "Heaven" and "Hell."
Now, being a liberal Episcopalian, I believe the way to Heaven or Hell seems to have changed a lot over the years, so whether you're going to Heaven or Hell, depends on which way the morality winds are blowing in society. To make things even harder, I labelled the spinning Heaven and Hell sign backwards on each side, so if one person sees it from the left, they think the "way to Hell" is one way, the person viewing it from the other side, thinks that is the way to Heaven! CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE ENLARGEMENTS AND CLOSE UPS
This pieces stand about 9 feet tall ( 2.7 m) and is made from scraps of steel around my workshop. It is a good example of what I mean when I tell people that I drive the material, the material does not drive me. See the drawing is only a conception. When I go make th actual piece, then I have to look around to see what I have I can use for, say, a trumpet, or wings, or feet.
The Heaven --Hell sign is on a ball bearing and spins with the wind. The angel's hands are made from forks, the wings from knives, spoons and old gas can handles, the feet from rocker arms off an old Ford motor, etc., etc.
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