As mentioned in other threads, my grandfather’s coat of arms is designed after his lobster buoy.
I stumbled across these two very cool prints in a local restaurant in Brunswick. You can see a similarity to heraldry. In this case, these are all individual buoy designs and some have been passed down. My uncle has begun lobster-fishing and uses the same buoy design as my grandfather.
Colors of a Maine Harbor, 1870 to Present
That’s funny, for a while I thought it’d be nice to create a coat of arms using my girlfriend’s grandfather’s buoys! We live in their old house, and he left a collection of them:
http://i.imgur.com/DRPG2wp.jpg
(quick mock up)
I was worried they’d look a bit too much like this, though:
Medugal;99864 wrote:
That’s funny, for a while I thought it’d be nice to create a coat of arms using my girlfriend’s grandfather’s buoys! We live in their old house, and he left a collection of them:
http://i.imgur.com/DRPG2wp.jpg
(quick mock up)
Considering how buoys float, I would create arms based on this as "Argent, a chief Vert" (as opposed to "Argent a base Vert") and then add a charge (or charges) to ensure uniqueness. At that point, I wouldn’t fear resembling the sigil of House Stark at all.
Perhaps sticking with the nautical theme: "Argent, a chevron Vert and a Bowen knot Sable."
Or some tricks of the field: "Per fess Argent and Vert, an escutcheon counter changed."
Or combining the ideas: "Per fess Vert and Argent, a Bowen knot counter changed."
That is really cool.
Like cattle brands and house marks, I just love these venerable graphical identity systems.
I like the way your arms incorporate them, and how tied to family history they are.
Thank you. I would strongly urge people not to use the tincture Orange, but I just felt compelled based on previous familial symbols.
