Most of the ship's figureheads that have come down to us are anonymous.
Figurehead
The Transom Eagle
I remembered back to my own Navy days. And recalling the old rubric that "if it moves - salute it. If it doesn't paint it,"
New Patterns and Old
I carved intermittently from the 1960s through the mid-seventies. Going to graduate school put an end to most carving activities, and I didn't pick it up again until 1992.
Media
Two of the best artists I've known were fluid on the choice of media.
Seeing Is Believing
Seeing may be believing, but feel will give you a less biased second opinion.
Collections
My mentors were just that, mentors. Several couldn't afford the expense that having an actual apprentice would cost; others were not interested. But then by the 1960s, the old apprenticeship programs in crafts like carving were gone.
CAT
I was at my booth at a boat show in Maryland when another maritime carver came to visit. Lordan was the local "yaahd cavaah," as we'd describe it in New England.
Create
We so often admire the complex and then seek out and appreciate the simple
Decline & Fall – Ships Carving
The gilt-edged age for the ship carver had to have been the 17th and 18th centuries. The figureheads were the least of it. There were gilded coats of arms, allegorical figures, swags, and elaborately carved moldings everywhere.
Blade Work: in search of perfection
Practice makes perfect is not a trite truism. Depth of Practice is important, and it can be applied across disciplines.
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