Sunday 11 February, 10-11am
FREE Event
Join artist Finn Ferrier where he will be discussing his rope objects in Luff. Ferrier will talk about the materiality of rope and how it has influenced this current series of works. No registration required.
WORKS FROM THE ARTIST
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Finn Ferrier (b.1981) lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Ferrier has been exhibiting as an artist since 2002. His practice is focused on the object, story telling, materiality and place.
Ferrier’s Wharfware series began in 2009 as an exercise in exploring the materiality of rope. The rope vessels were originally constructed with the idea that they could be made at sea by a sailor, passing time by creative decorative objects for their surrounding. These vessels are the logical progression from the practice of decorative knots.
“More recently I have been thinking about my rope works like ceramics. Instead of working with the materiality of clay to express form, I work with rope and the inherent properties of this material. I do not use any chemical bonds. Friction, tension and gravity determine the shapes, along with personal experience and tacit understanding.”
