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Kids summer craft classes A creative crafts program for the children of Oak Island will be offered this summer by the Oak Island Art Guild. Six sessions, two a month, will be held for children ages nine to 12 at the Long Beach Recreation Center. Class dates are June 17-18, July 15-16, and August 19-20. Instructors will be members erf the art guild. Among the arts and crafts scheduled are origami, sandcasted candles, shell crafts, shrink art, Japanese fish prints, sponge painting and beach pla ques. The first class will feature sand candles and the June 18 class will be origami. Those wishing to attend one or more classes should call program coor dinator Frances Allen at 278-3708 to register. There are no class fees, but space is limited. Potter classes begin in June Registration for beginner, intermediate and advanced pottery students, 18 years of age and older, continues through June 17 at the Franklin Square Gallery pottery studio. Students will work on pottery through August 24. Three class times will be available on Tuesdays. The instructor is Kimberly Smittle Caroon, who holds a bachelor of arts degree in arts education from Ohio State University. There is a $35 registration fee, payable to Brunswick Community Col lege, in addition to the cost of materials. There is no registration fee to senior citizens. More information can be obtained by calling Caroon at 457-5499. Abstract painting class slated An abstract water media class will be held on Tuesdays at Franklin Square Gallery. Sponsored by Brunswick Community College, the classes will begin at 9 a.m. with instruction by Ortrud Tyler of Long Beach. Registration will be held June 8 and June 15. The cost is $35 a person, with no cost to senior citizens. Craft shop sponsors classes Decorative art and tole painting is among the classes held at the Oak Is land Senior Citizens Craft Shop. The class will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays. Bette Turner is the in structor. More information can be obtained by calling 278-6293. Thalian Hall open for tours Thalian Hall in Wilmington is open for daily guided tours. The hour-long tours begin at 9:15 a.m. Monday through Friday, and fea ture historic information as well as a backstage tour of the theater’s work ing areas. The cost is $2.50 for adults and $1 to students. Self-guided tours can also be arranged between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon day through Friday by calling 1-919-343-3660. A group rate of $2 a person is offered. Great Selection... of fashion jewelry for every occasion Driftwood Shell Shop "We're not iust another pretty shell shop." Waterfront, Historic Southport. 457-54o6 Open seven days a week. tllU w 3 WEEK DELIVERY Offer expires Aug 20. 1993. OFF GOLD , HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RINGS - The Intrepid Style and all Fashion Collection Styles in 10K Gold only. 7IRK7IKVED V CLASS RINGS . CLASS RINGS The Original Class Ring.' PLUS PREt CUSTOM FEATURES A VAIUT Of OVER W BRING THIS AD C&S Jewelers, Ltd. 102 E. Moore Street, Southport, 457-5299 * ennu nihirhniK imv aaaki 850.876 Some restrictions m«y *ppty So« tor feta* Ocean Outfitters Ships Store Yacht Services Open Mon.-$at. 9:00 a.m-8:30 pm Sua l:00pm-6:00pm < Don't drive to Wilmington! We're your Sperry Topsider Connection. Check Out the Savings! Men’s & Women's Sportswear Boat Supplies. Accessories & Much More. Photo by Marybeth Blanchl With pain-staking precision Frank Orrell of Wil- this month at Franklin Square Gallery as part of mington works on a scale model of the Santa Maria, the "Beach, Boats and Birds" show. Several of Orrell’s boat models will be on display Ship reproduction is piloting Orrell through his retirement By Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor Frank Orrell didn’t want to spend his retirement years sitting in his easy chair watching television, so he builds ships instead. During the past seven years,the Wilmington resident has spent thou sands of hours patiently doing the intricate work necessary for the scale reproductions of some historic sailing ships. Orrell said he built model air planes as a boy and enjoyed visiting historic ships he encountered during his travels later in life. A couple years after he retired he saw an ad in a Lions club magazine advertising model shipbuilding for beginners and saw this as a way to combine the two interests. "I ordered it just to see if I could do it," he said. "It’s not like the little model airplanes I built The first ex perience just about ended in dis aster." Orrell had completed the hull of the Swift, an 1870 pilot boat. But when the gunwale refused to go on correctly, he said, "I got so frus trated I tossed it in the trash." Fortunately his wife recovered it and encouraged him to finish the model and move on to others. The first project was simple com pared to the others that followed. It took just 70 hours to complete. The ' replica of the Constitution, which , Orrell and his wife visited in Bos ton, took 800 hours over a two-year j period. That model has 1,700 pieces of copper plating which had to be cut out and fit onto the hull, "and I don’t know how many yards of rigging," the builder said. The completed , work has been appraised at more than $8,000. It sounds like a lot, but Orrell pointed out it’s just $10 an hour for all his skilled labor. The ship replicas come in a kit im ported from Italy, with a set of plans and all the wood necessary to com plete the project. However, each piece of wood must be cut to size, some soaked and bent and then every piece glued into place. Or dinary wooden dowels are cut, shaped and painted to become a 'Beach, Boats, Birds’ will be on exhibit at Franklin Square Gallery through June 24; gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues day through Satur day and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday ship’s masts. Everyday string is knotted and made into rigging. "It’s really the same as scratch building, but scratch builders do their own plans,M>e pointed out. He uses a scroll saw and drill press to shape the wooden pieces, while his wife uses her sewing machine to create the sails. He admits the work is "tedious and time-consuming" but adds that "when the weather’s bad I just can’t sit and watch TV." ifTfrSt M"*-^*'"*"* xr~^S> Call Us On The Carpet! Wc s|^Mf/c in EXPERT cleaning of carpet anti »phtiKioiy**asfr ■ ^ 278-9599 -^1-800-649-301$ [\ '2 M>f Delighted? DISCOUNT FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Ul- BHUNSWICK COUNTY, INC. on Long Beach Road in Southport New Shipment of Living Room Suites just arrived! Hurry in while selection is at its best Many different colors & styles to choose from. 457-6613 • Free Delivery • 100% Financing • Open Mon.-Sat. 10-6 "The instructions say to work quietly and patiently," he said, showing his work table set up in a back bedroom of his ranch home lo cated in a quiet suburban neighbor hood. "You never set a goal to finish a model by a certain date because then you start rushing," he said. Orrell has completed a total of seven ships, several of which will be on display at Franklin Square Gal lery as part of the Associated Artists of Southport show for June. All of the ships will be enclosed in glass, but viewers will get a chance to get a close-up look at OrrelTs detailed work. Among the models he’s built are the Blue Nose II, a tall schooner used in Nova Scotia as a fishing boat; Charles Morgan, an 1841 whaling ship; and his current pro ject, the Santa Maria. r Savings to warm up your days., •Full Wetsuits 10% OFF •Booties, Gloves. 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