"Fluttering canvas sails become paper. Masts become toothpicks, and the hull is formed from a block no bigger than a finger instead of planks and planks of wood. The raging sea becomes a colored mass of carefully pressed clay. Nails and rope become Elmers glue. Epoxy.
"'One time I sneezed and I lost, like, six cannon,' Dana Perkins tells me, shaking his head and laughing at the memory. 'I looked up and they were just gone.'
"It's not easy working in miniature. Even harder? Putting everything together through an opening less than an inch wide."
In a recent commentary, writer Micky Bedell reflected on the bottled artwork (ships in a bottle) crafted by Maine resident Dana Perkins.
To access Ms. Bedell's complete essay, please visit:
Bangor Daily News: Made in Maine: More than ships: Maine man's bottled art mystifies (28 APR 16)
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