Allan Stevens, The ships in bottles of Lightships / Allan Stevens, os barcos em garrafas dos navios-farol / Allan Stevens, Les bateaux en bouteilles des bateaux-phares /Allan Stevens, il barche in bottiglia delle navi faro / Allan Stevens, Los barcos en botellas de los buques faro / Allan Stevens, Die Boote in Flaschen der Feuerschiffe
Allan Stevens is a bottle boat miniaturist and when you see his work, you won't need to tell you what miniaturism and precision mean! We are very grateful for having provided us with a text about his biography and also the numerous photographs that we are pleased to exhibit regarding this art. Allan was born in Scotland and currently lives in Suffolk, England. He is truly heir to a tradition of the art of lighthouse crew. Allan began making miniature ships in bottles when he joined the TONGUE lightship. This art was a traditional hobby on these ships, as their 5 crew members, each with their own cabin, had to always remain on board, with only a month of vacation. He started this activity and this art in 1975, when, after TV appeared on board, many had already left it. His first bottle boat was the Cutty Sark. Although he had been a sailor for 17 years, he never had the time or space to perform this art on the ships he worked on and he never saw a ship in a bottle created on a shi...