Speaker: Carol Olson - Ship Figureheads - www.carololson.com
Carol Olson and Ship Figureheads:
Figureheads on ships and boats form a rich part of cultural heritage. It emphasizes figureheads of women, men, and animals carved in the 19th and 20th century for vessels in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
Carol A. Olsen has expertise in 19th and 20th century ship figureheads.
Carol interspersed ongoing ship figurehead studies, presentations, and writing with a 22-year career in sophisticated satellite communications for ships. Carol now devotes full time to ship carving studies and has contributed new information to private collections in Europe, South America, and the United States.
Her popularly-written blog at www.hullartships.com preserves stories modern boaters share about the meaning of figureheads, graphics, or other embellishments on their boats.