I am very Excited to Show this off

[Will Gilmore]

As many of you know, I have started putting my artwork on to custom boat parts. So far, mostly hatch boards. I finished this project this Winter and my client, Nate Bayreuther, of the Mariner Class Association commissioned a set. He maintains a Website for his boat Orion and has just pulled her out for the season. I want to point the wonderful SBO community over to his site where he is showing off my work.
Besides this blatant self-promotion, Nate's site was my first inspiration for my own hatch board project as well as other projects I have planned. Check him out. He is a fantastic and generous guy whose writing is top notch. The site is just generally a fun and informative sailing site, even if you are not a Mariner owner.
http://www.mariner1922.com/

Thanks.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[weinie]

wow. you do nice work.

 

[Pirate Dave]

Nice job, but I must say that I was a little worried opening this post after I read the subject line !!!!!!!

 

[JamesG161]

3000 years from now, when they find that hatch, will they wonder about that drawing and the "cavemen" who lived in our time?
I did like the concept of the Orion constellation.
Jim...

 

[Will Gilmore]

Nice job, but I must say that I was a little worried opening this post after I read the subject line !!!!!!!

Believe me, there isn't much more than my artwork for me to be prideful of showing off. Other than the generally wonderful life I live and the people I share it with.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[jssailem]

Beautiful work Will. Your work is inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Roland5048]

Will, that's superb artwork. What type of wood if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Gene Neill]

Nice job, but I must say that I was a little worried opening this post after I read the subject line !!!!!!!

Like one of those tattoos that grow into something else, under certain circumstances?

 

[Will Gilmore]

Will, that's superb artwork. What type of wood if you don't mind me asking?

It is made from a 1/2 sheet of 1/2" marine grade ribbon striped Sapele ( the most common Mahogany substitute). Nate wanted to match other woodwork on his boat. He made a beautiful cockpit table with the scrap left over from his old mahogany boards. I thought it would be a bit too dark for wood burning, but it came out rather nicely. I used Rust-Oleum Water-based Verithane Spar-Varnish. It rates very high for durability and is nearly the equal of Epiphanes for UV protection, but it doesn't add that Amber hue to the wood. I put on 8 very thin coats.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Kermit]

Dang Will. I knew you did good work. Thanks for sharing!

 

[sailnoproblem]

Nice work Will! I hope the web site offers you more commissions for your business.

 

[Bob S]

amazing work Will! Do you display anything in Littleton? You should have a gallery

 

[Will Gilmore]

amazing work Will! Do you display anything in Littleton? You should have a gallery

That would be cool. At this time, I'm new to the full-time art biz, I haven't collected much inventory or samples. Almost all are custom one-of-a-kind pieces.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[JamesG161]

one of those tattoos that grow into something else,

Yeah like
SWAN
That becomes..
SaskatcheWAN

Jim...