The Boat Builders - Jamie Ivey and Sam Johnstone Apprentice Shipwrights

When I met Jamie and Sam they were working as a team on a project, reconstructing Ripple a 1925 Berthon Built Yacht. Jamie a 4th Year Apprentice Shipwright was on the inside, Sam a 2nd Year Apprentice Shipwright on the outside doing what looked like riveting but is in fact called clinching, Jamie was teaching Sam what he had learnt previously, passing on his skill.

Jamie really enjoys working with wood and hopes to stay on at Berthon after his apprenticeship finishes next year.

Sam favourite aspect of the apprenticeship was the variety of jobs and to be working hand-on, he was really glad to be out of the classroom/college environment.

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.