Now 91, not much has changed for the Mill Valley craftsman, who builds wooden boat models in his “Boat Yard,” his garage-turned-nautical-themed-workshop.

Interested in a variety of media, Mr. Hirsche worked in oils, acrylics, collage, assemblage, wood carving, photography, metal graphics and pencil. His subjects were primarily landscapes, portraits ...

Coimbatore-based Queenthunk Amalanathan F, whose wooden models of ships decorate museums in India, finds meaning in the craft that requires patience and a whole lot of research ...

As Peter Rea holds a battered wooden ship model in his hands, he marvels at the secrets it holds. The model was used to build a 60-foot-long ship, called Mystery, in Erina Creek on the New South ...

MYSTIC, Conn. — The shipbuilders are long dead, their knowledge gone. The shipyard no longer exists. No blueprints survive, nor ship’s models. But the Charles W. Morgan is still here — the ...