At the online art & craft store a few months ago I made this discovery: the toy wooden boats of Jeff Bohrer. This Clatskanie, OR, creator specializes in working boats of the nearby Columbia River. Immediately I had to order one and, having it in hand, began to realize it was not merely a child’s [...]
Also tagged Clatskanie, fishing boat art, Jeff Bohrer, lobster boat, toy wooden boat, tug boat, Willamette RiverThe World of the Small Commercial Fishermen: Their Lives and Their Boats by Michael Meltzer is generously illustrated book that captures the fishing industry scene as it was in 1980 from Maine to Alaska. Recently I found a copy at a local used bookstore and enjoyed reading it very much. While it’s not in color, [...]
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