The Boat Builders - Steph Jung 3rd year Apprentice Engineer

Steph is an enthusiastic advocate for Berthon Apprenticeships. She had planned to go to university to study engineering but switched to do an apprenticeship at the last minute, enjoying earning alongside learning and being free of student debt.  She has taken full advantage of all Berthon have to offer including taking up the invitation to travel on board an explorer yacht from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams through the Patagonian fjords.

Emily’s work is constructed from pieces and layers of hand cut silk organza. Some pieces are cut into specific accurate shapes and other pieces are used as swathes or blocks of colour. Whites are created by leaving gaps or cutting holes in the dark pieces.

The Boat Builders a new body of work by Emily Jo Gibbs for solo exhibition in the spring 2020.

This new series of portraits documents Foreman and their Apprentices working at Berthon Boatyard in Lymington. Highlighting the Value of Making and the importance of skilled labour. A celebration of people who prefer a hands-on approach, whose knowledge and skill is gained through the doing, learnt through making.

St Barbe Museum and Gallery, Lymington, SO41 9BH

NEW DATES 15 January - 26 February 2022

This project is being supported by Arts Council England.