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As an artist I like my artworks to tell stories and I often use discarded materials. I have been collecting old pearl necklaces from boot fairs and junk shops for a few years knowing that one day I was going to build a couple of huge galleons from them! I was inspired to make the galleons after watching a documentary about a factory in China which manufacturers every kind of conceivable pearl adornment in colossal quantities. I decided to make two Chinese sailing junks cruising on a tangled…

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"Pearls used to make up 75% of the Persian Gulf's exports — but now the centuries-old industry is vanishing" - To harvest pearls like this, it once took 30 men and a four-month voyage across the Persian Gulf. And it was worth the journey. Pearls made up 75% of the Gulf's total exports at the end of the 19th century.  Pearling was the pillar of local economies on the Gulf, employing nearly half of Qatar's population alone. But a new way to harvest pearls changed everything. Pearl Farming, Tourism Development, Pearl Farm, Persian Gulf, Other Countries, The Seven, Things I Want, Persian, 19th Century

"Pearls used to make up 75% of the Persian Gulf's exports — but now the centuries-old industry is vanishing" - To harvest pearls like this, it once took 30 men and a four-month voyage across the Persian Gulf. And it was worth the journey. Pearls made up 75% of the Gulf's total exports at the end of the 19th century. Pearling was the pillar of local economies on the Gulf, employing nearly half of Qatar's population alone. But a new way to harvest pearls changed everything.

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