RICHARD ROCHESTER
  • Home
  • Gallery
  • Press & Media
  • Artist
  • Posts
  • Book

Boat Yard Project

12/29/2015

0 Comments

 
For 6 months from June to Dec '15 I worked on a project to design and create furniture from salvaged fishing vessels. Partnering with Ship builders and salvagers Exeter Maritime Services and local craftsman Barney Dearsley, the work was a mixture of hands on creativity and Computer Aided Design.

The mirrors below were cut out of ships fuel tanks

Picture
Picture

Blanket box made from the side of a mahogany yacht

Picture
Picture

'Fish' - Sculpture hand cut from the stern of a fishing boat wreck.

Picture
Fish

3m long outdoor table incorporating teak decking from a 1936 trawler

Picture
Picture
Designing the 10mm thick steel table base with Computer Aided Design
Picture
Shipbuilder Giles building the frame
Picture
Barney Dearsley fitting the teak deck.

Lights made from discarded welding spools

The circular metal spools held a wire used in welding machines but were discarded after use. Barney recognised the potential to incorporate them into lighting and I took the idea forward with several experimental models. The bases are made from solid brass bar.
Picture
Picture
This type used an old fish paste jars as the light diffuser.
Picture
The head of this one incorporated a brass reflector that swivelled around the bulb on a bicycle bearing.
Picture
Another rotating head model incorporating prisms and a dimmer switch.
0 Comments

    Author

    Richard Rochester is a UK  artist who lives and works in Exeter in the south west of England 

    Archived Posts

    July 2018
    April 2018
    November 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    December 2015
    March 2013
    February 2013
    October 2012
    June 2012
    September 2011

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • Gallery
  • Press & Media
  • Artist
  • Posts
  • Book