BUILDING SCALED DOWN MODELS OF ANCIENT SHIPS
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| Narayanankutty, Thekkupurakkal, Cheruvannoor, Kozhikkode. |
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His
ships do not venture into the sea. Rather, his models of famous
ships sit in the drawing rooms even across the seas.
Scaled
down models of ships used by Vasco da Gama and Marco Polo and other
Chinese and Japanese ships have been fabricated by Narayanankutty, a
master carpenter from Thekkupurakkal, Cheruvannoor, Kozhikkode.
He
had made these tiny replicas of ancient ships for a TV serial relating to
world history.
He
had gone into the work after much observation and background study.
He, along with his brother Vinod and assistants went through
ancient records and pictures before applying chisel to wood.
To bring about the ambience of forgone centuries, he used
artificial colours, coir and bamboo sails etc. to good effect.
Narayanan
Kutty learned the art of carpentry from his father Appunni Asan.
His models of Arabian ships sold in large numbers here and abroad.
A model ship at the beach
Courtesy: M.K.Santhosh Kumar (text), Leen Thobias (photo), Sree, Malayala Manorama, January 13, 2002
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