Armillary 30

Armillary 30 is an innovative and interactive take on David Harber's first ever sculpture, the iconic Armillary Sphere. The idea is that spectators can instinctively understand how an armillary tells the time without any explanation.

At its centre, the sundial features an orb of two hemispheres with the inner workings visible through a glass lens focal point. The orb can be manually rotated to show how a shaft of sunlight passes through the orb hemispheres, illuminating the hour band and marking the passage of time.

Each of the thirty Armillary 30 commissions will be personalised with clients' details – quotations, dates, dedications – that transcend time and create enduring legacies. Each Armillary 30 will also be precisely calibrated to tell the time for its intended location.

Our sundials belong to a tradition that reaches back millennia - ancient civilizations used them to adorn and add meaning to their environment. David Harber is part of that tradition. And when you commission a David Harber piece, you too become part of that tradition!