Photo Competition 2010-11
The Results ! The Winners (click on thumb-nail in last column to see larger image) Entry No. Title Photographer Position Thumb-nail 9 Wake up Luigi, It’s nearly time for lunch! Mike Cowham WINNER 7...
View ArticlePhoto Competition 2012-13
The Results! These are the results of the formal judging process by our independent panel. The Winners The other top ten entries in entry number (not position) order: Previousy Unplaced Entrants This...
View ArticlePhoto Competition 2013-14
The “Conference Vote” Results The others making up the top ten entries, in Entry order, not Position order: Details of all entries received
View ArticleSundial Design and Restoration Awards
The BSS is pleased to announce its quinquennial awards scheme for dials that have been made or restored between January 2010 and December 2015. The competition is open to all: amateurs, professionals,...
View ArticleThe British Sundial Society Award Scheme
This is a repeat of an earlier post but, for convenience, the contents are now included directly rather than as a separate PDF. The British Sundial Society announces its fourth awards competition for...
View ArticlePhoto Competition – 2015-16
The BSS Photo Competition is now open for entrants. All the entries will be displayed at the 2016 Conference in Liverpool where the winners will be chosen by the delegates. Previous entries and winners...
View ArticleA Bifilar Declining & Inclined Sundial – Eric Mercier
In 1922, Professor Hugo Michnik, invented the bifilar sundial. In the original version, the bifilar sundial has two non-touching threads parallel to the horizontal dial. The second thread is...
View ArticleRestoration of dial at All Saints’ Church, Isleworth – Charles Perry...
PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION CLASS Submitted by Charles Perry Restorations Ltd, Praewood Farm, Hemel Hempstead Road, St Albans AL3 6AA The Project In 2010, Charles Perry Ltd was contacted to remove,...
View ArticleHeath & Wing Reproduction – Tony Moss
This reproduction (NOT a ‘replica’ which would include antique patination and the blemishes of age) began life in 2010 at a NASS Conference when an original plate made by Heath & Wing of London was...
View ArticleDIHELION – Alastair Hunter
In a break with previous ideas Alastair Hunter has created an original new sundial that has two shadows, one showing the time of day and another the season of the year. This can add more pleasure to...
View ArticleSouthern Hemisphere Horizontal Sundial – James Stegenga
This horizontal sundial in the southern hemisphere is by James A. Stegenga. It is located on the plaza in front of the jury room beside the City Courthouse in Marataízes which is about two degrees...
View ArticlePhoto Competition 2015-16: Results
The Results! These are the results of the judging by Liverpool conference delegates – congratulations to the top ten and all the winners and particularly to Ian Butson, the overall winner. The Winners...
View ArticlePhoto Competition – 2017-18
The BSS Photo Competition is now open for entrants. All the entries will be displayed at the 2018 Conference in Norwich where the winners will be chosen by the delegates. Previous entries and winners...
View ArticlePhoto Competition 2020
For obvious reasons it has not been possible to run the Photo Competition at the Conference in the normal way. Instead, the entries can be seen at the link below and members are invited to vote for the...
View ArticleSundial Design And Restoration Awards
The British Sundial Society is pleased to announce its sixth awards scheme for excellent sundials. The only requirement is that the dials must have been made or restored between January 2016 and...
View ArticleTa Ha Sundial, Sepang, Malaysia
Here is a recent entry to the 2020 BSS Sundial Design And Restoration Awards which describes a beautiful armillary dial in Sepang, Malaysia that elegantly combines calligraphy with the shape of the...
View ArticlePhoto Competition 2020 – Winners
Congratulations to Mike Shaw, winner of the 2020 Competition with Time…Flys, taken in a private garden in Wirral. Congratulations also to Ian Butson who achieved both second and third places with...
View ArticleThe Re-birth of a Large Polyhedral Sundial
Another recent entry to the 2020 BSS Sundial Design And Restoration Awards is David Brown’s restoration of a large, polyhedral dial which required extensive repairs and reconstruction, fully described...
View ArticleA Ruby Wedding Dial
David Hawker has submitted the following entry to the 2020 BSS Sundial Design And Restoration Awards: This sundial was made in early 2020 to celebrate a Ruby Wedding for April 2020. It is designed to...
View ArticleRare Stained Glass Sundial Window at Didsbury Old Parsonage
Submitted to the 2020 BSS Sundial Design And Restoration Awards by Louise Smail, trustee for the Old Parsonage Building and coordinator of the sundial project: The Didsbury Parsonage (The Old...
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