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I made the supports of the two sections. Both are centered and at the same level taking into account the boat's leaning. I also wanted to make an opening in the panel so you can see the interior when the picture is not hanging. I like the idea and find it very original, this way all the work of the interior is not "lost". So I decided to display the two sections no with the characteristic plinth but with a painting with related themed frame, side by side, showing the front of both. I also chose to use special patinas and waxes to give a somewhat lived-in look given the way they are displayed.
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Stop no, but I have to stop because the engineer Luigi has to finish processing the arcade and everything else. It will be a long job because it will not be full time, in the meantime I have two other sites to work on, the Commerce de Marseille and the Nereid, also still being worked on by Mr. Lemineur.
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The ribs are formed from juxtaposed pieces in alternate order. They are temporary and to be finished and are held equidistant by small shims. The madiers are thicker than the scalms by about 0.15 mm. I have already inserted the embouchures where the gunwales will later be opened. I proceed from the center towards the bow and aft, checking coast after coast, distance and alignment. This time I decided to proceed in this way and not from the bow and cubia scalms ( also because the drawings are not ready yet) in order to have precisely a more precise setting of the framework.
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I prepared the base of the Venetian Vessel. Here, too, I wanted to give my own touch of originality, that something different that recalls my way of doing and seeing things, never in the same way and always looking for new ideas, without inventing anything of course. I wanted to create a mixed style between a pedestal from the 1700s, 1800s and themed with the Venice Maritime, and our own years, reproducing at the base of the pedestal, four stylized plinths representing lion's paws. All then treated, as is now my custom, with Judean bitumen. I have never liked fixed rules, such as reproducing a model always in the same way and with the same materials, as if it were a fixed rule. As I wrote above, I don't invent anything, I just look for alternative solutions that can improve the look and quality of the model without detracting anything from authenticity. For the lion's paws for example, I went back to a piece of furniture, stylizing and modifying its style thematically.
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