This is an idea I got from a visit to Libertys in London in the 1980s. That visit, a fascination with things that move and desire to make stuff from found objects is what motivated this project. It is a rocking ship at sea in front of a cliff. The piece of driftwood i picked up was a nice size to build the whole project from and as you can see the lump of wood needed isn’t actually that big. As i was making it it occurred to me that this little project is so easy – it took about 2 hours to make – excluding drying time for the painting of the boat – and the materials were so cheap – well free and you don’t get cheaper than that – that the project would make a nice idea for a craft fair and anybody with a moderate amount of tools and a skill could produce this – and variations of it – for sale – if you do – good luck and i hope it sells well – and if you do i would really appreciate you letting me know how you got on – no royalties necessary – I’d just love to know.
Simple Automata – Rocking ship sculpture from driftwood – part 1