S6670 Spade still life Useless frills but his vessels

Useless frills but his vessels turned heads in port

The CLEAVER boasted a six‐inch thick steel plate affixed to her bow and featured an unusual wooden conning tower

36” X 36"

Hand Carved Birch

Jamie MacDonald

S6670 Spade still life Useless frills but his vesselsKevin MacLean Oceanwood, wire, surplus obsolete hardware, found objects, watch parts, metal scraps 7. 5" X 14. 5" X 2" S6670 Spade Designed approximately around 1690 by Papin the design was a rudimentary strong and heavy metal and wood square box that used an air pump to achieve buoyancy. Rudimentary yet ornate with spade like iron decorations and heavy iron conning tower buoyancy proved a difficult thing and his two inventions sank or were destroyed