Sentisah's Novelty Boats!

 I've been making square pegs made from pieces of fronds. At first I was using regular wood, but it dawned on me that I had plenty of pieces of fronds lying around, and eventually realized that they are way easier to work with. The first peg I made fit perfectly into the groove I made at the end of a frond. I inserted the other end of the peg into another frond, that also had a groove at the end of it. Once I inserted the peg, both fronds were attached together to my surprised and delight.  In the process of experimenting with the technique, I did discover a few things that enabled me to get better at making the grooves and pegs. I found that cutting the pegs a certain length and width, allowed them to neatly connect two fronds together. I went through a lot of trial and errors as I was  learning how to join the pieces of fronds as close to the way the Ancient Egyptians used to  build their boats. Building the hull this way, eliminates the need to use glue, nails and screws.

 I haven't been working on the Auset Fronds lately. I actually forgot how beautiful she was It's really amazing that I actually constructed her. She's a very strong craft,, and will be even more stronger once she is completed. There are a few things that I still need to do to the hull and the railings. I'm also adding a sun canopy as well as some esthetics to her, when she's close to complete. The boat is too heavy for me to lift now and I'm going to have to get a small trailer for her. I'm also working on constructing the boat Skullah. I'm constructing the keel at the moment. I ran out of glue and screws. I didn't want to sit around waiting until I'm able to buy them, so I made two more mats out of some newly acquired frond leaves. These mats look 100% better than the first two I made. In total I actually made  6 mats in all. The first two mats came out okay, but they got ruined because I left them in the elements. Now I'm keeping the mats