Bob Dickason - Deadmans Gold

	a huge whale's tail ...grows from the corner of the room. To either side of the whale are cases displaying scrimshaw; in the foreground is a superb table made from timbers recovered from the wreck of the Katherine Sharer.
	scrimshaw These examples are carved into the teeth of a sperm whale. The collection includes magnificent carved bone and teeth in the shape of "ditty boxes", a lady's fan, toothpicks, etc.
	the sculpture is constructed with a "spine" of plywood, the preliminary shape made with strips of ply, glued and screwed, covered with polystyrene which is sanded and filled, coated with epoxy resin, and painted.