No. 02 / 12

Trireme

Copper ram — a rowed ship

The most involved thing here, made as a capstone project. It started as a question about oars — how many there should be, and whether they could all be seated at the same rake so the banks lined up. The hull came first, then the deck, which lifts off, then the long, patient work of setting every oar in place. The ram at the bow is a single piece of copper, filed down to a point and let into the prow. It's the only metal on the whole piece, and the only thing that catches the light. There's a full write-up of the build on its own site.