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Dream, Full-hull ship model, 1992
Rob Napier (b. 1946)
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Honduras mahogany, basswood, boxwood, ebony, glass, brass, linen, silk, rice paper
30 3/4 x 32 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.
Collection of the artist
Photography by Jason Dowdle
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Rob Napier knew he was "a boat guy" from an early age. After doing a little commercial fishing and running a boat yard, he discovered that working on a much smaller scale suited him better. He points to attention to scale as what distinguishes a good ship model from a lesser one, "If you place yourself in the model's environment, ask yourself if things look right for the size you would be, were you on that boat. Ninety-eight percent of the time, the answer is no. Oars would be the size of telephone polls; belaying pins are the wrong shape and wouldn't hold the line in real life."
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