Weathervanes of Maine (weathervanesofmaine.com), based in Hermon, Maine, also has outlets in Freeport and Wells. The company offers more than a thousand styles of weather vanes that range in price from $150 to $15,000. The weather vanes are handmade from copper, painted steel or aluminum, and come in standard or large sizes. Weather vanes can also be customized. Available designs include birds, farm animals, deer, moose, elk, fish, dogs, cats, alpacas, llamas and religious symbols.
Bar Harbor Weathervanes and Cupolas (barharborweathervanes.com), based in the outskirts of Bar Harbor in Trenton, Maine, sells a large variety of traditional and contemporary weather vanes in copper, wood or V-Tech resin. Prices range from $100 to $1,900. Designs include wild birds, farm birds, wild animals, barnyard animals, dogs, cats, fish, dolphins, whales, boats and angels. During the winter months, the company takes custom orders, which begin at $2,400. Bar Harbor Weathervanes and Cupolas has two showrooms in Trenton and one in Eddington, Maine.
The Weathervane Factory (theweathervanefactory.com), also based in Trenton, Maine, outside of Bar Harbor, offers hand-crafted copper or V-Tech resin weather vanes ranging in price from $100 to $900. In addition to roosters, barnyard animals and other traditional weather vane styles, the Weathervane Factory offers squirrels, rabbits, hogs, seals, coyotes, rams, foxes, elephants, beavers, angels, boats, ships and a variety of mythological styles, including dragons, mermaids, Pegasus, the grim reapers and gargoyles. Copper weather vanes come with a choice of natural or patina finish.
Artist Barry Norling (norlingweathervanes.com), based in Norridgewok, Maine, offers a variety of custom-built weather vanes, including the Happy Pig model, which is 36 inches long and sells for $1,400. Norling also offers more than a dozen other designs, which range in price from $1,700 to $5,200. These include butterfly on a milkweed leaf, bull and bear, turkey, horse, witch on a broom, surfer, hawk, leaping Labrador, mermaid, vintage Corvette, cow, pelican, ballerina and others.
Acadia Weathervanes (acadiavanes.com), based in Bar Harbor and Trenton, features hand-crafted copper weather vanes made by Phil Alley in his Bar Harbor workshop. These weather vanes come etched with Alley's signature and are hand-formed from sheet copper and copper tubing rather than from molds. Designs include traditional farm animals, roosters and boats, as well as guitars, turtles, lighthouses, llamas, baseball pitchers, golfers and pine trees. Prices range from $185 to $300. Acadia Weathervanes also carries several lines of weather vanes from other manufacturers.
