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Boats

HUWS, Bethan

Boats
Image: © DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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A tiny boat made from folded reed, no bigger than a fingernail. As a child in north Wales, Bethan Huws learned from her father how to make these miniature forms. For Huws, it is not the boat itself but the act of making which informs the work – a connection with nature and memory, time and place.

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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 17597

Creation/Production

HUWS, Bethan

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of DWT, 13/9/2000

Measurements

Height (cm): 137
Width (cm): 67
Depth (cm): 52.5

Techniques

Mixed media
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Glass
Maple
Rush

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Fine Art
  • Huws, Bethan
  • Sculpture
  • Ship And Boat
  • Woman Artist

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