For me, are boats that are meant to symbolize a voyage or journey, perhaps it is the voyage to the other side, or the journey into the unknown.
My family is from Norway. My father was a fisherman. My grandfather was a fisherman. My other grandfather was a boat builder. Upon the death of my parents, I made a boat for their ashes and buried them at sea, like a contemporary Viking funeral. I also made a boat for my best friend and former partner, also burying them at sea.
These deaths were extremely tragic. My best friend died of AIDS, my father committed suicide, my mother fell apart emotionally and my former partner from alcoholism. What I am attempting to do is to take something that was tragic in my life and turn it into something beautiful. In the age of Covid and global warming, I am expressing and recognizing the fragility of life on this planet.