Posts tagged traditional boat building
Shaped By The Sea – Part II

James Dodds’ paintings strike the eye with lines true to his focus on particular boats and the seas they once knew. His pitch dark backgrounds, surfaces, and colours are alike to layers of tar and tallow, marine paint and rust. Part II explores how he achieves his particular colours and, his relationship with local boatbuilders.
 

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Sailors Reading Room

John 'Dusso' Winter shares his tales and the rich history of the town’s fishing trade which only remains in the form of photographs and artefacts in this glorious room.
 

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