AND THE WINNER IS ……………………… by sangwann

AND THE WINNER IS ………………………

…….. Pyrrhula. Congratulations, you have one a prize of 1,000,000 euros excluding tax. You will have to collect the money personally as soon as I save it. My advice was to save one cent every day so, if you can wait a few 100 years you may be rich. I knew that somebody would guess from the first comments by Howard Steele who almost hit the nail on the head with his ‘tooth picks’ suggestion in the very first comment.

These are two shots of the sailing ship I posted yesterday. The ship is made of matchsticks and I made it myself some 30 or 35 years ago. My wife wanted me to liven it up a bit as it had become a bit shabby, so I gave it a bit of varnish. I had copied it from a single black and white picture which I found in one of my reading books of the time. I had to design the structure of the hull and the other parts myself.
As regards the shot itself, I had to build it up. The sea and sky were borrowed from the internet; the left hand point of rock is from a shot of Marslforn (Gozo); the right hand one is from Xlendi (Gozo); the rock in the middle is from the opposite side of Marsalforn; the man is from a shot I took at Ta’ Xbiex and the two gulls, I captured in Sliema. The shadows are my work on photoshop.
Thank you very much for looking and for your interest in yesterday’s picture.
Excellent work, Dione. I remember when matchstick art was popular all those years ago; I had a go at it but with dire results, so happy to see yours!
December 20th, 2012  
pyrrhula is a genius and you are very very good at making things and even better at photoshop!
December 20th, 2012  
Wow, very interesting!
December 20th, 2012  
Amazing piece of woodwork
December 20th, 2012  
Wow beautiful work!!!
December 20th, 2012  
Great constructions
December 20th, 2012  
Wow! Amazing handiwork and result :) Lovely pics to show it off too.
December 20th, 2012  
Wowsie!!!---u have a lot of patience and U did a splendid piece of Art...
December 20th, 2012  
Ohhh not cheese then :D
December 20th, 2012  
LOL!!!!! LOve it Dione!
December 20th, 2012  
Wonderful collage of photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 20th, 2012  
Dione, you are an amazing wood worker! More like an artisan than a craftsman. The ship is beautiful- and the photoshopping magic isn't too shabby either!
December 20th, 2012  
amazing piece of artwork
December 20th, 2012  
Very nicely done.
December 20th, 2012  
Lovely
December 20th, 2012  
. Hooray, hurray , hurrah. At least I`m a millionaire the rest of my life . Send me a message when you`ve save it up at all . A cent a day is fine with me.
It was n`t to difficult, I`ve built several models myself. The only problem was the dimensions to see so I`ve take two possibilities .
Is this a model of a Spanish galleon ? Great and beautiful works
December 20th, 2012  
Excellent capture and well done to Pyrrhula, an instant millionaire LOL.
December 20th, 2012  
So impressive!
December 21st, 2012  
I had a feeling you had something to do with the making of them, even though I could not figure out what you made them from! WOW are you ever talented!!!
December 21st, 2012  
@wordpixman @jenrobcarr @paulavdmerwe @digitalrn @scooter @peterdegraaff @alia_801 @jodimuli @johnnyfrs @ruthmouch @pawar_ramesh @olivetreeann @hjbenson @mwarren365 @kerristephens @pyrrhula @http365proj @dawnirwin @vickisfotos Thank you so very muich for your wonderful comments. Pyrrhula, if I remember correctly, I designed the ship from a picture I had of Sir Francis Drake's ship 'The Golden Hind'. I was definitely reading his biography at the time.
December 21st, 2012  
@sangwann Thanks. That have been a job . Never did it twice ? ( An other one )
December 21st, 2012  
By the way: I`ve pic./collage one of my models on 07-13-2012
December 21st, 2012  
fabulous!
December 30th, 2012  
December 30th, 2012  
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