A charming, bright bar mitzvah boy ordered this pirate ship cake. He and I had a long discussion regarding the most crucial elements that needed to be featured in the final design. He was particularly adamant that the hero’s compass be included and that it be large enough for any casual observer to see. “If you can’t make the compass, then don’t even bother with the cake” were, I believe, his exact words. Which explains why the compass resting behind Jack is about as large as his torso.
Turns out this is no ordinary compass. Instead of pointing true north, it points the way to whatever the owner wants most at that particular moment. I guess if what you always dreamed of was to travel north….well then it would be wasted on you and you should get a bigger dream.
The elements I enjoyed making the most were the masts/sails and the figurehead. This ship apparently is not in ship-shape condition, which makes for very raggedy sails. (As a matter of fact, ships of this sort actually require constant upkeep. In English Passengers, a book I can’t recommend highly enough, the crew spends the majority of their time mending sails, swabbing decks, repairing beams etc. If left to its own devices a galleon such as this one would very quickly fall into disrepair.) Clearly, this pirate crew has other priorities, which gave me the freedom to cut rents and holes in the sails with abandon.
The figurehead on the ship used in the film does not look quite as traumatized as mine does. However, in a film franchise that features cannibals, a voodoo priestess, sea monsters, dead souls lost at sea, etc. I think my rendition is much more appropriate.
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