Nicholas McShane West Hobart, Tas

Derwent Box

All the materials for this box were collected from the Derwent River on Father’s Day, 2004. They have been thrown together by the force of nature, and only on this day, maybe even for only a few hours, will these elements be together. I see this box as a true representation of that one day. I have been making boxes like these for six years, including a few months in London working with timber salvaged from the Thames. I ran a stall at Hobart’s Salamanca Market for about three years and sold boxes to all corners of the globe.