ive just completed several small seascapes using driftwood that i collected back in 2019 from Felixstowe beach. This wood had been laying in my shed ever since totally drying out . Now completed they are in my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart , or in my ebay shop ,junnyald is my ebay name . What dyou reck? driftwood is never easy to work with and sometimes has grains of sand embedded in it which blunts my knife blade.
finding a suitable piece of driftwood was the start.i needed a good solid piece with no holes , i wont bore you with the detail of how i made it, the pics say it all.The sea driftwood i chose had been laying in my shed over 2 years,iv learnt it takes that long to totally dry out [ had been out in the sea years praps decades totally salt water immersed]and its now finished and on sale in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
I have made these sailboat wind mobiles using driftwood etc that i collected on Felixstowe beach. Each one can swing turn on a breeze as it has a swivel hook at the top.These are home decor art items ,now on sale in my Etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart . What dyou think?
few years ago i went metal detecting at Shingle Street , few peeps go there doing that and i later found out why. For starters its always been a lonely spot with not much obvious history,although it was used by the Raf as a target range in ww2 which made me curious . Anyhow i found little there until i struck on a strange brass object just below the surface,it was about the size of a cotton reel. I never went back to Shingle street because i later found out that brass object was the striker button from a landmine! More recently i painted this scene of peeps at Shingle street,its in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
After buying some of my art peeps have left me very kind and lovely reviews. This has encouraged me to make more art / i make a mix of driftwood art and acrylic paintings mostly with a beach theme. I live 100 metres from Felixstowe beach so i guess thats not a suprise . Walking on the beach theres occasionally driftwood on the tideline and i sometimes pick it up and later ,after its been cleaned and dried [takes 2 years] i make something with it . Ive been selling my art a few places,ebay and etsy and also to personal friends . Get great satisfaction from that of course http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
made these necklaces using stones collected by me at Aldeburgh beach. Aldeburgh is a small beach town on the Suffolk coast it nestles behingd a shingle beach. When the beads on the necklace touch the hag stone it makes a noise very like when the waves crash onto Aldeburgh shingle beach. Hag stones have a sea worn hole running right thru them, they bring Good Luck! and im selling them in my ebay shop .What dyou reck? i hope you have a nice day!
decided id use up some pieces of driftwood on this,it works/spins suprisingly well. I was inspired by seagulls wheeling about on the beach , Getting the balance was the hardest part. whoever buys it just needs to hang it up near a window or door so that it catches the breeze then it turns endlessly . its now in my etsy shop for sale http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
here im painting the inside of the rooms prior to fitting the actual windows in my lighthouse driftwood diorama .Now it will be on sale in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
its warm inside [as its made of wood rather than stone ,cosy cott] i decided to make this wee home from sea driftwood and later put it up for sale in my etsy shop , http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart it has a perspex window ,if you buy it you can can close the door and go and gaze out the window at the sea ,what dyou reck?
Back in the day several war planes crashed offshore near the pier at Felixstowe beach . Sometimes small pieces of metal wash up on the tideline.Ive made these 2 art pieces using bits of it that i collected after a big storm.What dyou think? i cleaned the metal,straightened it a little it had been under the sea about 90 years can you imagine that? then i painted them and nailed each bit onto driftwood – theyre now in my etsy shop for sale together with other beach art iv painted . Look nice in a bathroom with a beach theme .Have a nice day !! http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sunnySUFFOLKart
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