Kabby said:My husband made this "thing" for me and I would like a few jaundiced eyes to look at it.
Four rebars welded together, the ends of the curves are about 6 ft from the ground. Questions would be, sand blast and paint or leave it in it's "rust"ic glory? Lower, higher? Our house is on pylons so it's elevated too, do I need that much height? Tentatively he will drill holes through the ends of the curves and we will thread electric fencing wire through to hold up ... what? We have tossed around ideas such as hummingbird feeder, potted plant, wind chimes, macrame hanger with gazing ball, whirligig that will spin with the wind. Any and all ideas welcome!
I would leave it rusty. ..would place underneath a raised planter ..just one brick high enough to hold some extra dirt.... Shaped round...mostly for safety so no 6 plus foot person walks under those spikes from rebar. ( I would quik-set cement that pole in a footer form too )
Plant it with something spike-y....like iris or grasses (muhly? ) to repeat the shape of the center pole and to send the eye up...or ask hubby to cut rebar at different heights and randomly "plant " colored bottles over each... Just one color -- brown would look great to repeat the rust .. or green....Last, ask him to make you a tall 18-20 inches?? (You would need to figure that out tomake it rise well above the curves) skinny diamond form from more rebar or copper pipe -- a plain open centered diamond ( like the deck of cards diamond ) and from the diamond uppermost point ..use a thin metal wire to suspend a double sided mirror... Round or repeat the diamond shape ( but really can be any shape ) .... That mirror is for twinkle..catch the sun..glitter in contrast to the rust..... Once the mirror is installed on the diamond and you know it is hanging straight and moving well, he will weld or affix the diamond to the center where the 4 curves arise causing it to rise above the curves. Dependingon how he has to do it..he may need a rebar 'stick' coming out bottom of the diamond to fasten it or to give it good height. The mirror will move with the wind. You can cut the mirror(s) and use e6000 to seal together with the thin beading wire wedged between. Don't be tempted to use fishing line..it will harden and rot and break.
That's my thought!!!!! 😊 You got a real nice vertical piece of art there.
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