Luigi Prina and Flying Boats

Luigi Prina is an Italian architect with a passion for model building, a hobby that has kept him company since he was 16 years old.

Prina won a contest for model aircrafts, and 50 years after that event, he met Eugenio Tomiolo, a Venetian painter with a passion for boats.

Prina accepted the bet of Tomiolo to take one of his model buildings and make it fly like an airplane. A while after, the Italian architect succeeds in that and starts dedicating his life to creating flying boats, bicycles and much more.

The models are made of thin paper and wood, everything optimized for the flight by the light weight and aerodynamic shape.

The boats fly like a plane thanks to the propeller fueled by an inner rubber band.
Prina's work contains a magic effect that brings its viewers to reach a world where time doesn't matter and everyone can relax with a mix of fun and surprise.