Gallery
Rope Making Machines
3D printed rope making machine
3D printed rope making machine
Traditional rope making machine
3D printed machine making rope
Barb making rope
3D printed 'top' controlling the start of cord making (note the hook is a fishing swivel which removes the need for another person to turn a handle on the travelling end).
Barb and the traditional rope maker
Rope making at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania with their machine
Hard laid cotton cord made with the 3D printed rope maker
Rope making on the patio
Graeme Creighton handing over his traditional rope making machine to Barbara Frankel. August 2021.
Traditional rope making machine
Nautical key fob on the traditional rope making machine
Barbara Frankel and the traditional rope making machine
Rope making
Examples of Knotwork
Sailors bracelet made with a Carrick Bend in hard laid cotton cord
Sailor's Carrick Bend Bracelet made with hard laid cotton cord and anchor clasp
Sailors bracelet made from synthetic 'Venetian Blind Cord' using a Carrick Bend and Matthew Walker knots
Traditional Sailor's Brush made with sisal
Nuyina bell rope almost complete
Bell rope donated to the RSV Nuyina made with white hard laid cotton cord
Nuyina Bell donated by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Club to the RSV Nuyina, December 2021 with bell rope made by yours truly.
Barb and RSV Nuyina 18 December 2021
Bell rope showing three braid eye, Matthew Walker knot, alternate crowning, diamond knot, double crowning and star knot. Made from hard laid cotton cord.
Bell rope made with hard laid cotton cord
Bell rope made with hard laid cotton cord
Placemats made of sisal
Coiled string coaster. This string was donated by the Adrian Levings whose father had it in his possession at various lighthouses throughout Tasmania from the 1960s to 1980s
Coiled string coasters backed with felt - from string donated by Adrian Levings whose father had it on various lighthouses in Tasmania from the 1960s to 1980s
Mat made with recycled manila
Franklin, Tasmania. Home of the Living Boat Trust and Wooden Boat Centre
Monkeyfist doorstop made with recycled rope and a rock core
Door stop made with recycled rope and a rock
Doorstop with rock
Doorstop made with recycled rope and rock core
Traditional Ocean Plait Mat made from recycled nautical rope
Frog visitor on recycled rope mat
Glass fishing float and jute net
Mat and bowl made from fluoro pink braided rope.
Market stall Dru Point, Margate, March 2021
Dog toy made from old climbing rope using a monkey fist knot and figure of eight
Cat O' Nine Tails. Note the 'bloodknots' on the ends!
Monkey Fist and Square Knot keyrings. A marble is inside each monkey fist
Fluoro pink mat made from braided rope
Star knot made from sisal.
Tortoise made from white polypropylene washing line
Mat made from broken USB cord!
Egg in a basket
Fender made with white cotton 10mm rope
Franklin, Tasmania showing the location of the Living Boat Trust and Wooden Boat Centre. The black box on the left is the ArtBox mobile gallery where knots were displayed in February 2022
Nautical key fob made with hard laid cotton cord
White cotton crowned fender (and cat)
Tightening or 'dressing' a mat
Starting a mat using a cushion and pins.
Progress on a mat made with jute