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Skiff and Scow, Full-hull ship model, 2001
Rob Napier (b. 1946)
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Holly, basswood, pearwood, boxwood, nickel chromium wire, ebony, brass, flytier's nylon, silk
with dome: 10 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; without dome: 8 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.
Collection of the artist
Photography by Jason Dowdle
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This is one of model maker Rob Napier's favorite creations. "I don't know why anyone has never bought it. Because it's too prosaic of a subject, is the answer. It has no romance. It's just a scow. Most people who collect ship models want them to have some grace." Depicted here at 1/8 of an inch to the foot scale, a scow is a utilitarian and slow moving boat used by fishermen for tending fish pounds. The vertical contraption on the bow is a piledriver used for driving poles down into the sandy bottom. Working fishermen use skiffs to come from and go to the scow.
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