These wonderful knotted constructions were part of the naval display down at the port on ddp – the strange format of this posting is the best I can achieve after many tries at loading them up… so apologies. I just really wanted people to see these.
The top left and top central pics show knotted cording on oar handles to give a better hand grip, obviously. On the far right is a wonderful construction, a “bolster” may or may not be the right word – clearly to protect the bow of the boat it is mounted on; a closeup view of that is at-left-hand-down-a-bit . The lowest left is an ordinary vehicle tyre covered with heavy nylon cord, and I imagine it too is used as a boat protecting bolster.
Feel free, anyone, to correct my terminology – I didn’t think to ask the couple of sailors in attendance…. I think they are all fabulous.
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Thank you for sharing these. I think it is wonderful that so much effort went into making something practical deliberately beautiful as well as long-lasting. It shows such pride and satisfaction in one’s working life. Like traditional embroidery it is the overlaying of cultural significance onto everyday necessity. Something that this shrinking global village of ours no longer requires.
From an Aussie toothpaste maker in Uruguay to an Aussie quiltmaker in Uruguay – Well don’t you have some just fascinating stuff here – I am impressed!
were these your products? If not, who made them?