Thursday, March 19, 2009

Des Newton, 1941-2009: R.I.P.

Some people are renowned for large achievements, large personalities, large appetites; Des Newton, on the other hand, was noted for small things: tiny ships inserted into bottles.

Des Newton was a ship bottler:

Another Small World Created


It's a nice obituary for a master craftsman of the small.

Update: Linked by Instapundit. Thanks, Glenn!

2 comments:

  1. I know that if I tried this it'd end up a broken mess in the corner of the room with me kicking in the wall, opening another bottle for an entirely different purpose.

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