The Boat Project

[John Albert Evans]

I was watching the news on TV yesterday and a small item showed the launching of a sailing boat in respect of the Quens Jubilee was on.
It is really interesting and ive found in on the net. (Its too much for me to write down here)
Please go to Google or your search engine and type in;

The Boat Project.

Its really good.

John Albert Evans

[Keith at Tregenna]

HOPE THIS HELPS:

A BOAT crafted from 1,200 pieces of wood, including fragments from the Mary Rose and Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, was launched yesterday as part of a national art project to mark the Olympics.

Created as a ‘floating collage of memories’, The Boat Project has been funded by the Arts Council England’s Artists’ Taking the Lead project as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

The artists behind the idea, Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan, known as Lone Twin, visited Portland Marina last October and 19 other locations across the region to seek out donated material to build the vessel. The only requirements were that the items were made from wood and had a story behind them.

LINK 1: The Boat Project launches to mark the Olympics (From Dorset Echo)

LINK 2: The Boat Project

k.

[happy daze john in oz]

Saw that on TV here in Oz last night. An interesting project which I am sure will appeal to many. Did not say though who thought the idea up.