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Erickson Monuments produces and installs stone signs that are
long-lasting, virtually maintenance-free, and have an appearance
of stability and integrity that distinguishes stone signs from
the usual man-made materials. An Erickson sign made of enduring
stone for business park,
church,
school,
housing subdivision,
police stations, or
other special place eloquently conveys permanence and
prestige.
Erickson Monuments has the technology and expertise needed to
work with you on any type of stone signage. Granite, marble,
limestone, sandstone, even concrete can be tooled and inscribed
to create a custom sign. We can provide and install metal
letters and custom logos for your sign or building. Bronze
plaques are also available from Erickson’s.
Erickson Monuments can handle the entire project, including
providing the stone, designing and installing, we can do only
the sandblasting based on your design and your stone, or a mix
of your talent and our technology. We are ready to serve you
with skills and reliability we have acquired since our family
business began in 1925.
Natural stone can be tooled into versatile shapes and is ideally
suited for custom-designed graphics and lettering. Erickson
Monuments has advice on font choice and size of lettering when
distance and vehicular speed are factors in legibility and
readability.
Erickson Monuments can also assist with getting utility lines
located for safe excavation of foundations, obtaining sign
permits from various municipalities, and other factors involved
with sign placement.
GOLF COURSE HOLE LAYOUT, YARDAGE MARKERS, AND BENCHES
Erickson Monuments produces hole layout graphics and yardage
markers on stone to give your golf course tee boxes the look of
prestige and substance that your golf club members will value.
The markers are legible, colorful, and weather-resistant.
Granite or flagstone are popular materials.
A way of funding the markers to offer the opportunity to members
to sponsor a marker as a way of honoring someone for whom the
golf course was memorable or as an advertising medium for a
local business. The message or logo can be inscribed tastefully
on the marker without interfering with the legibility of the
hole layout or yardage information. Club members appreciate
having stone benches throughout the course, again, either
provided by the club or sponsored by families and businesses.
Erickson Monuments has installed equatorial
sundials throughout North America. Equatorial sundials are
not the small garden-type sundials that are usually accurate
only on a few days of the year. The
equatorial
sundial
is based on the relationship among the
site where it is installed, the equator, and the North
Star. The “dial,” which is the large upright stone plate,
is parallel to the equator. The “gnomon” is the large
stainless steel rod that pierces the dial and points to the
North Star. The two “analemmas” are the lettered stone
charts that illustrate how to convert solar time into the
standard or daylight savings time for the location of the
sundial. One analemma is for the “summer side” of the
sundial (March 22 to September 21), and the other is for the
“winter side” (September 22 to March 21). The angle of the
calibrated dials in relationship to the base and the
placement of the gnomon determine the accuracy of the
sundial.
The recording of time is based on an average
of the earth’s yearly journey around the sun and its own
daily rotation. Because the earth’s elliptical path causes
a daily variable relationship, solar time must be corrected
to “clock” time, the charting of which is shown on the
analemmas.
Very large and beautiful, the Erickson
sundials are accurate, much to the surprise and delight of
the beholder, who may be expecting only an approximation of
the time, as is customary with garden sundials.
The base can designed in many shapes and
finishes. You may wish to have a landscaped or garden
effect, an architectural theme, a focal point of a large
plaza, or the like. The base is a minimum of 7 feet by 15
feet, or up to any size you wish. We furnish the plans for
actual measurements required for the sundial and its parts.
A stone plaque can be lettered with local
historical data or whatever information you wish. The
plaque can also serve as a secure cover for a “time capsule”
to be opened in the future.
Complete plans for your specific site and
instructions for the sundial installation will be provided.
The setting can be done accurately using standard
construction tools, methods, and materials. A foreman can
study the specifications and easily direct the total
setting.
Even though a sundial tells time only when
the sun shines, an Erickson Equatorial Sundial is so
interesting and beautiful in shape and concept that it is
attractive at all times. If floodlit at night, people will
stop to admire and study it and come back the next day to
check it in the sunlight. Practically indestructible, this
is an ideal public sculpture that has beauty, uniqueness,
practical purpose, and attraction to people of all ages that
will view it over and over again through the years.
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