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Please click on all images to enlarge
Götheborg is a replica of a Swedish East India Company ship (SOIC) originally
built in 1738
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Since
1999 I have held the post of ships carver to the SOIC, initially
carrying out research to design the decorative work and then to
carve the designs.
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Dolphin in
the above picture now fixed, as the quarter gallery nears
completion
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The stern of the ship nearing completion |
| Detail of the upper finishing to the quarter gallery |
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The 4.5m high lion figurehead is now complete. Note mallet by left "ear" which gives some idea of the size. |
| Lion fixed as the head rails near completion |
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Carving of a Neried for the tafferel |
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Launch of the ship in 2003 |
| Ship ready for sea trial 2006 |
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Further Commissions |
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Details from a panel with the text 'Carry my song on the wind, to draw the sailors to sea.' |
| Carved in Lime, the panel is approximately five feet long. Click on image to enlarge. |
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| More information can be found on my link to the Göteborg web site. See links page | |
MARITIMA
76 Mathews Way, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4EB
England.
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1453 756716 Mobile: +44 (0)7836 323431
andy@maritimawoodcarving.co.uk