Thursday, July 22, 2010

ship in a bottle



The ship inside is a giant replica (37 sails and 80 cannons) of Horatio Nelson’s ship and created by artist Yinka Shonibare, on display in londons Trafalga square. The attention to detail is spectacular, even down to the sailcloths being created from traditional sail canvas before being hand printed and hand sewn. The bottle is 5 x 2.8 metres just large enough for studio workers to be able to climb in and out and work.

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