Featured Artisans

Welcome to the Featured Artisans section of our website, dedicated to showcasing the expertise and talent of artisans and craftspeople working in the field of nautical and maritime art. This includes everything from dioramas and model boats and ships, to decorative items and more.

We are proud to present our two charter members, Captain Peter J. Jones Peter and Octavio Oliveira Octavio , as the inaugural members of this section. And to whom this entire website is dedecated to.

Capt. Jones was well-known for his work in Maritime Arts and Research, and was the creator of halfhullshipmodels.com, where he showcased his beautifully crafted half hull ship models, plaques, awards, and specialty carved fishing lures.

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Octavio Oliviera was also a talented and highly skilled artisan, known for his instructional articles and explanations of the craft of ship modeling. He had a particular love for submarines, and was even honored as an honorary guest of the Portuguese Navy for his excellent modeling of their boats.

We are always looking for new artisans to feature in this section, and welcome anyone with a high level of expertise in creating nautical or maritime-themed items to apply. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your art, craft, models, decorative items, or historical knowledge to a wider audience. If you are interested in being featured on our website, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

To view these exceptional artists click on Featured Artisans on the above Main Menu for a drop down list.

Featured Artisans

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Dr. Rudolf Schachl, an accomplished ship modeler known for his exquisite attention to detail and craftsmanship. Dr. Schachl has gained a reputation for creating some of the most beautiful and realistic ship models in the industry.

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One of the important aspects of Maritime Half Hull Ship Models and Nautical Art is to foster and encourage Maritime Restoration. We have found that the role we can play in this effort is to work with the Museums, Maritime Academies or the sponsors of the restoration project and avail ourselves to the art work that is necessary.

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The Half Hulls of today are the revival of this working art form. It has only been in recent years that Half Hulls of famous historical ships have been reproduced. Strangely enough they have found their way back into the offices of naval architects, not only as decorative objects but in some cases, as working tools. They are also designed into Awards, Plaques, and Trophies, awarded by nautical groups and organizations for special achievements .

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Every major shipyard of the 1800's employed a model maker. The Half - Hull Ship Model Maker held a very special place in the shipyards and in the shipbuilding industry as a whole. Today their skills are being practiced to create scale models which are viewed as an art form taking their place on the walls of offices and homes as much as they did in the earlier days, savoring and preserving some of our Nautical Heritage.

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There was a tremendous amount of information taken from the Half Hull model. It was used to make all the determinations that were vital to the construction of the hull. The ship's lines were taken from it as well as the placement of the ballast, the positioning of the plates, the framing and other data that brought the ship together. In essence the model makers were the first naval architects. When the Half Hull was presented to the ship's owner after the completion of the vessel it was with great pride that he hung it on his office wall or in his home.

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