Finn Ferrier lives in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau where he often works with objects held in the collections of galleries and museums. Ferrier’s intimate knowledge of craft histories and materials informs his own practice. His Wharfware series began in 2009 as an exercise in creating soft vessels out of single piece of rope. There is an explicit and playful engagement with the materiality of rope and its associative histories and utilitarian purposes. Ferrier say, “These vessels are constructed with the idea that they could be made at sea by a sailor, passing time by creating decorative objects for their surroundings. These vessels are the logical progression from the practice of decorative knots.”Recent exhibitions include Finders at Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui; Leading Lights at Masterworks Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau; Changing Threads 2021 Awards at Arts Council Nelson; Soft Garniture at Te Uru Waitakare; and A Few Too Many Hangups at The Tuesday Club, Tāmaki Makaurau.