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Heather Kew/The Saanich Peninsula Flotilla

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Sarah Blum/Maryland

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Kelly Gratton/Saint Johns Pond, Delafield

It turns out that Jeff Hamada of Booooooom got quite a response to his call for little drifter boats from readers of his blog. He received dozens of submissions, photos of little leaf and twig craft from around the world. Some of them are quite exquisite. Here are a few (a couple more after the jump).

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Alana Gregory/Vancouver

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Lenny (the guy who got us into all this)

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Bone and Ben/Coburg, Bavaria, Germany

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Filip Collin and Lieven van Dercruyssen/Antwerp, Belgium

Little Drifters/Worldwide

More:
“Little Drifters,” art boats made from natural materials

BY Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture, including the first book about the web (Mosaic Quick Tour) and the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots. He is currently working on a best-of collection of his writing, called Borg Like Me.

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