BizTek: Three Column Photo Page

m.v Juniata

Jack (on the right) with shipmates om m.v Juniata.

This view of the Forward End of the Eastwick gives an idea of the cramped accommodation available for the crew. Note too the lifeboat situated in easy reach of the two hidden cabins. The Galley and Messroom would have also been small, and the lighting poor. Which makes it more amazing that Jack Hall could produce such beautifully crafted instruments from matchsticks. Imagine him coming off watch on a cold and windy night, discarding his heavy oilskins and then devoting his limited leisure hours to a hobby requiring extreme patience, nimble fingers and real artistic ability. What price now the so-called artistic offerings from past winners of the Turner Prize.

Could he have been eyeing up the prospects of making a matchstick mast?

While the Box Brownie was a popular camera, colour photography was still a long way off for the casual photographer. It was common practice to add colour to your photographs with a special wash-colour paint. It looks like someone added their own background colouring to this one.

DATE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & CASES

1936 Violin, Bow & Chin-rest: 20,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1936 Neopolitan Mandolin: 14,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1937 Acoustic Guitar: 25,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1937 Guitar Carry Case: 2,000 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1938 Flat-Back Mandolin: 16,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1938 Mandolin Carry Case: 1,000 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1939 Tenor Banjo: 15,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1970 Bones-Pair (percussion): 1,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1974 Castanets-Pair: 1,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1975 Bones-Pair (percussion): 50 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1976 Descant Recorder: 2,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1981 Violin: 260 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1981 Violin Bow: 60 Used wooden Matchboxes

1981 Violin Chin-rest: 30 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1981 Violin Carry Case: 300 Cardboard Matchboxes

1983 Knee-Drum: 300 Used Wooden Matchboxes

1983 Drumsticks-Pair: 2,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1983 Violin Carry Case: 300 Cardboard Matchboxes

1984 Ukulele: 10,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

1984 Ukulele Carry Case: 200 Cardboard Matchboxes

Underlined Itallic Bold Red Dates Denotes Guinness World Record for: "10 playable musical instruments made entirely from (106,000) used wooden matchsticks." Book entry 2003.

DATE FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS

1932 Dart Box: 400 Used Wooden Matchsticks

The box has a slide-off lid inlaid with three coins

1933 Jewellery Box: 1,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

The box has internal divisions and a lift-off lid inlaid with a silver print fully-rigged sailing ship.

1933 Drawer Chest: 2,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

Five display drawers contain sixty souvenir tea-spoons collected by Jack during his sea voyages.

1934 Lighthouse (Trump Caller): 1,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

Coin turns weather-vane arrow to point at trump markers fixed at N/S/E/W above lantern. Trump markers also revolve in lantern and are sychronised to appear in time with the identical marker indicated above by the weather-vane arrow.

1934 Windmill (Trump Caller): 2,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks

Coin turns sails and trump markers pop-up through dome top in sequence. Pack of playing cards stowed in base compartment with slide-off cover.

1935 Clock: 2,000 Used Wooden Matchsticks.

In perfect working order. "STRIKING" MATCH~TICK TIME "PIECES"