Building a glass-reinforced plastic boat requires a lot of supplies. Through the past six months of building, we have gone through boxes of brushes, stacks of tray liners, reams of rollers, and gloves galore. And we always seem to have some left over epoxy that is kicking to fast to use. In an attempt to make productive use of this detritus (or occasionally by accident), Dawna and I have started making boat building art! No doubt the global demand for this high art will inspire absurd bidding at elite auction houses such as Christie's. Here are a couple of our finer pieces.
The first piece is a great example of modern art of the "found object" genre. No doubt Rauschenberg aficionados will find this piece true to the spirit of the mid-century pop culturalists! You will surely appreciate the juxtaposition of the practical nature of the modern boatsmith's tools and the way these discarded tools express the desire of the boat builder to drift away in a steady breeze.
The second piece expresses the sense of severe pain that a boat builder feels in his back when he is twisted into a pretzel while trying to work inside the float of an F-82R trimaran. Note the weaving of the brushes into the form of a deformed spine.
Let the bidding begin!
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