Staten Island Ferry

Working away on the website for schools today, and will be a lot this week so that it's ready to switch on for anyone to access this Friday.

There's a section on boats, which includes the Paper Boat obviously, but it was the information on the other boats that I was going through today, the Lord Aberdour, a steamer which went from Aberdour to Leith in the tourist heyday there. George Wyllie made a version of it from a log, The Log of Lord Aberdour to raise questions about the decline in the use of the Forth as a waterway.

There was a Crystal Ship which he planned for the dry dock at Govan, something to give Glasgow a very clear visual focal point, commemorating the maritime past and looking towards an innovative future. That one never came about, because the funding couldn't be secured.

And then there is the American influence in the repeated use of the Staten Island Ferry, drawing it, creating a metal sculpture, and making this scul?ture which is now in the exhibition.

Other boats too.

We also heard today that the youngest children yet will be coming up to the exhibition next week to place their own boat in the Boat Shed and that seemed very fitting today, especially when we heard a wee bit about their boat, as well as being an exciting development. More of that next week, though, when they visit.

So, today, work continues on the website and yellow flavoured boats seem to be the order of the day.