Charity Winebox art Auction sculpture 2011 “Port 2 Port”

Price: NZ$0.00

Code: APM 8

For the second consecutive year Joel has created a
sculptural winebox for the Real People @ Mosaic’s charity
art auction. A number of Hawke’s Bay artists donate their
time and skills to create a unique piece of art based on a
wooden pine box which holds two bottles of wine; thus the
name. The creativity is astounding as each year there is a
staggering variety of beautiful art which is then auctioned,
the proceeds of which go to aid a valuable resource to the
disabled in the community. The auction will be held on 2
September 2011 in Taradale
This year Joel’s creation is based on a nautical theme,

The “Vintage Napier” Winebox represents the depths
of the sea, in this instance the Pacific Ocean and Port of
Napier, and features the mythical Neptune. Leviathan
sailing ships with billowing sail once frequented Napier’s
shoreline – on board a teeming and seemingly frantic
mass of sailors all part of an ordered chaos, enabling the
leviathan and making voyaging possible. Ship’s masters
regal uniform with shiny brass buttons commanded the
ships but master of the sea was surely Neptune.
The sea is represented with a 10mm thick piece of acrylic
plastic, back sprayed with various shades of blue to
imitate the varying depths in the ocean.
Neptune himself is a beautiful piece of Crown Ducal
pottery, recycled as it was flawed previously and occupied
a dark corner of Boathouse Collectables’ shop in Ahuriri.
The barque sailing vessel model is an early 1900’s mould
made by German toymaker Schneider and cast in lead.
Many such ships visited New Zealand in the early days,
the Barque “Albert” even berthing at The Iron Pot in 1913.
Brass buttons of NZ Shipping Co and Union Steamship
Co were added to represent a more modern era of Napier
shipping and Port development.
“Port 2 Port” is to carry 2 bottles of port or red wine,
kindly supplied by our sponsor Riverside Wines.
All together, “Vintage Napier” represents one part of
Napier’s heritage, of which I am personally very fond.
Joel Taylor