The Steam Ship "Great Britain"
During
2006 the greatest, largest ship ever to sail our earth launched. She is
"The Explorer of the Seas". Otherwise this article deals entirely with
the "grandparent" of this massive vessel, the very first screw driven
iron ship in the world.
But there is a connection between these two vessels This nexus is
"Ossett Mouldings Limited"! Both ships have our mouldings on board.
During most of the year 2004 Ossett Mouldings Limited were very
fortunate indeed to make items for a very unusual restoration project. A
historic ship, "The Steamship Great Britain".
We made a great many components for this fine vessel. An excellent
example is the imitation cast iron grille you see above. It is, I
believe, a very convincing item, one that imitates cast ironwork very
well indeed. Only the light weight betrays the material - GRP
(Fibreglass).
In
this illustration to the left you can plainly see see two mirror frames.
There were 43 of these, the column capitals, also GRP had perhaps 50
such examples of ours fitted. Above the door you can JUST see a GRP
(fibre glass) royal crest. However all may not be lost because our
contractor has promised us some images of the fitted, completed work.
This illustration shows to either side of the door two GRP *seat
surrounds*, Ossett Mouldings Limited fitted perhaps 30 of these items in
GRP, or, if you prefer - fibre glass.
Here
you can see a whole load more of these really nice items. You will also
notice yet more of these frames, column capitals and ancilliary items
reflected in some mirrors to the opposite side of this upper deck ship's
corridor.
Please don't forget all of these fine, hand created and hand made items
are on public view. Provided, of course that you're happy to pay
whatever the entry fee is for entry to board her. The Steamship "Great
Britain", moored up in Bristol.
Here
we have a close up view of just one of the very many GRP (Fibreglass)
Royal crests we produced for this project. We cast these in black GRP
resin, same as the original artwork provided to us by our contractor.
Still, I hope you agree they still look rather nice?
Also a close up of our GRP column capitals. The pattern for these was an
original hand carved piece of timber - however we could have equally
well carved or sculpted this or almost anything you wish from scratch.
Please just ask for a quote or a verbal outline of the great
possibilities our craft abilities can bring to your project, whether
domestic or commercial.