Ships, Folk Art, and Whimsey in Bottles

This is a model Sloop built in a root beer bottle. The dark color of the bottle makes it at first seems like an odd choice for a ship in a bottle but the artist intended to create a "Ghost Ship" and the dark color was perfect for the effect he wanted. He achieved that by painting the hull and masts with glow in the dark paint and then lit the ship with the use of a UV LED placed in the cork.