Elizabeth Locker has shared with us pictures of her beautifully designed monument that artistically incorporates free spirited dragonflies from our animal collection of cabinet pulls.
Residents of Ohio will be familiar with Elizabeth Locker and Jason Hess, owners of Modern Monument a company that specializes in creating original and highly artistic commemorative headstones. Working with in-house stone masons and artisans they offer a wide range of inscribed designs that include animal and bird themes, musical motifs and sports and outdoor themes. Our cabinet pulls are usually attached by bolting a machine screw through the back of a cabinet door and then screwing the threaded end into the hole at the back of the pull. The dragonfly has one central mounting post with a small base making it nearly impossible to surface mount.
Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Locker, Modern Monument
When asked to make the dragonflies for headstone Elizabeth requested that they be secure and not able to be easily removed and that they be finished with a patina that would age well.
To make the pull secure we welded a bronze flange onto the base making the area wide enough to take 2 screws. The screws were cemented with an epoxy resin into the base and the screw heads were cut off. Two holes were then drilled into the headstone and the dragonfly was then secured in place with epoxy.
As our bronze pieces are typically oil rubbed they naturally develop a living patina and over time will darken and age elegantly.
The monument design has inspired a second commission from Elizabeth, this time she will be artistically placing our large butterfly as well as 2 dragonflies.
