Nicky Vervest is a fibre artist who constructed boats woven from natural materials found in the local area are installed them on the marsh via fishing rod like structures which gave the boats a floating on water like motion.
The project started in response to Nicky discovering that her mothers first port stop when immigrating to Australia from Burma called into Derby and was her first sight of Australian soil, Nicky later researched and found her mothers boat, this being one of the six boats she constructed. Each vessel is modelled on those found in cultures around the world. Currents of migration wash boats and peoples together onto one shore as represented by these beautiful works that float suspended above the tidal plains of Derby.
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