Ships, Folk Art, and Whimsey in Bottles

Larry Liddle lives in Washington State. He is a retired research and development machinist from Boeing and General Dynamics. He has worked on projects such as the first mechanical heart valve, the Seacliff and the Turtle, the Cruise missile project, as well as several aircraft projects for Boeing.

In addition to building folk art and ships in bottles, he also creates pieces of jewelry, jewelry boxes, stringed musical instruments, picture frames, shelving, display cases, and more.

Larry is a self-taught artist who makes his own unique tools for crafting his scenes in bottles.  His scenes for his bottles contain hand-carved and hand-painted items that are one-of-a-kind and usually require over 100 hours of project time for each bottle. For each bottle, Larry makes wonderful custom stands that depict the scenes inside the bottles.  Larry is an avid student of history, particularly American history, and many of his bottles have depicted historical ships and events from history.

Bottles by Larry Liddle

Bottles by Larry Liddle

 

Click on a picture to view the bottle and description in the Gallery

Bottle ID: 975	Bottle ID: 990	Bottle ID: 1064
Bottle ID: 1083	Bottle ID: 1084	Bottle ID: 1111
Bottle ID: 1112	Bottle ID: 1298

 

Other examples of this Artist's work - Click on a picture to enlarge

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