Hello All (particularly the Germans, Swiss &
Austrians).
Thanks to Fred Sawyer who supplied the Hans
Behrendt videotape and transcript on modern 20th Century stained glass sundials,
and Rudolph Hooijenja who translated it, Dave Bell & I have now posted
photos and information on all twenty of the stained glass sundials shown on
the video.
(actually two of them are in the etched glass
section). You can see them in the Image Archive at www.stainedglasssundials.com
Of particular interest are the eleven lost
sundials designed by a Mr. Iwan Kahn of Bruettisellen (near Zurich
Switzerland). These dials are unique. Not only are they
beautiful works of glass painting art in the old tradition, they also function
by means of an attached lens with fiber optic cables! I don't quite
understand how they work yet, but they seem to work something like the fiber
optic dial that Mike Shaw made.
To get to the point, we are trying to track down
more information on Iwan Kahn and better photos of his lost dials. We know
that he was a member of The German Society of Chronometry and that he displayed some of his dials to that society at
their conference in Merten in 1976. We know he designed these dials, but
we don't know if he also painted and assembled them. We do not know if he
is still alive or where his dials are now.
His dials were featured in a booklet of
his that he mentions in his videotape. I'm sure that this booklet has
better photographs than the ones we have. Here is a photo of the front
page: click here: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_files/Kahn_Cover.jpg
Do any of you have a copy of this publication that
we could scan for better photos? Would you Germans, Swiss and Austrians
please spread the word about the Iwan Kahn information that we
need?
thanks,
John Carmichael
p.s. Have a look at the other 20th century SGS we
found on his video. Some are not lost and are accessible for viewing in
person.
John L. Carmichael
Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Websites:
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