Some words about project.

It's somewhat hard to describe what this piece really is. Some will call it "a wall diorama", others will say "2,5D Ship Portrait", while yet others will just describe it a simply "metal half-model". Whatever you call it, it's designed to be hung on the wall, making some alternative for paintings or posters traditionally occupying this part of space. Both requirements of "mini-serial" production and the material used enforced slight simplifications in form, but I think I may be somewhat proud to say I kept the character of the "live thing". This was my goal - to create something between real, properly shaped model and artistic wall decor. By the way, traditional modelling skills that I gained in my late -teens greatly helped me. :)

It's a "portrait" - let's call it that way - of small scottish pleasure yacht, built around 1880s. One of examples of so called "wooden classics". They can differ from one to another when it comes to shape of hull lines, but general side shape, sails and rigging are mostly very similar. A lot of such small yachts were built in XIX and early XX century, and - as I can see - many of them are still in use in better or worse shape.
Info for "inland people" - they can be seen in TV docs that show the life (or movies that take place of their action) on the British or French shores of the Atlantic.

Here are photos showing the piece in few different sessions (both inside with- and without flash and outside) - to give the idea how that object looks in different lighting conditions.
It's finished in "blackened copper" (or whatever calls the chemically patinated copper). BTW, whole thing is made entirely of metal - some 85-90% of copper and 10-15% tin (joints, random patches). No damn plastics or resin of any kind :) although for a moment I was uncertain whether to cover the backside with epoxy or another material. But both my "experts" in field of metalworking and marketing :) to whom I showed my work strongly held me back from it, saying straight - "people want real deal, not some cheap plastic, so show it to them whatever rough it may look". Great... not to mention it greatly simplifies whole process.
As whole this work is (still) in ongoing process of learning and experimenting, next works may be slightly different or some upgrades may be introduced. For example I am planning to give a separate number to each piece - am still not quite sure how it's going to be worked out, but it definitely will.

Hope you like it :)

PS: This is (chronologically) my 4th attempt to create a "wall half-ship". But the first one that reached status "completed".
Previous three ones (or their remains) that failed in some different ways (or in some "critical" moment of creation) are still waiting for their hour, and their fate is uncertain. It depends entirely on how much you will like this one. If it gets positive feedback and more importantly - sells in some reasonable quantities, I'll try to "resurrect" them to life :)
Generally, my goal was to create a series of metalworks showing most prominent and characteristic ship types through the history - and portray them all in such a "2,5D side portrait" way you see here.

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Currently I'm "resurrecting" this project :) :