What is a model shipwright? :: View Single Post

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Originally Posted by [RG] C++

I think ship modeling and miniature in general is a display of craftmanship. In fact u make a copy of a already existing subject.

The Leonardo made the mona lisa, so he's an artist. The fraude that made the falsefication is a craftsman. The engineer that designed the Victory is a shipwright, the modeler making a copy is a craftsman.

Are modelers artists, no i don't think so, being to artistic and soon the border is crossed to fiction. Building a model reguires the ability to have knowledge and understanding in the work from the shipwright, who build the original subject. So you need to be a researcher to interpret the desing and historical information and a craftsman to implement the research from the model.

All true. But what if you have done a Diorama of a Boston harbor scene from the 1810's. No particular ship or ships in the harbor. Just generic ships, boats, docks, perhaps figures of people. Or maybe a Diorama of the construction of a ship in dry dock in Spain. Again, one would like to be accurate as to scale and of history, but this is where not only your skills as a Craftsman and Model Shipwright come into play, but your skills as an Artisan as well. Or as Dinny referred to as "Marine Artists".
John