With the release of Ab Hoving's latest book Dutch 17th Century Ship Models in Paper just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to offer up one of his other books as December's Book of the Month: Message in a Model: Stories From the Marine Model Room of the Rijksmuseum.
Imagine being paid to pursue your hobby of model ship building in a famous museum holding hundreds of projects waiting to be worked on. Well, for twenty nine years Ab Hoving had that pleasure at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where he was the head ship model builder and restorer. Ab and his team worked on exhibits in what is now the restored maritime gallery of this great museum.
For those of you who do not know him, Ab is one of the foremost ship historians and model builders of our time. His books and articles have illuminated our knowledge of seventeenth century ship building and his modeling skills speak for themselves.
In this book Ab has selected fifty four subjects out of the hundreds in the museum collection to tell about in words and pictures. Not only will you see a wide scope of subjects displayed in color but you will get Ab’s research on the stories and histories behind each one.
Save 10% this month only on Message in a Model!
