Beachcombing
What’s not to love about a ship in a bottle ?! There’s something about the coast that’s inspiring me at the moment. I also read a wonderful book by Eric Newby a while ago called ‘The Last Grain Race’ about his time on the last of the huge sailing ships that used to ply the seas between the UK and Australia. It’s full of all sorts of nautical jargon that I don’t remotely understand but it’s wonderfully atmospheric in its depiction of his time at sea, and the huge undertaking of getting an enormous sailing ship underway and maintaining it while at sea for months.
These lovely bottle shapes are based on Victorian glass bottles, and this makes the perfect gift for anyone who loves the sea.
This piece is hand cut and mounted so the papercuts cast a lovely shadow. I really enjoy the contrast between the sharp edges of the paper cut and the soft background. To create this effect I used my seagull cutouts as masks and sprayed the background with layers of inks.
Framed in a white box frame approximately 30 cm square. Postage and Packing included.
What’s not to love about a ship in a bottle ?! There’s something about the coast that’s inspiring me at the moment. I also read a wonderful book by Eric Newby a while ago called ‘The Last Grain Race’ about his time on the last of the huge sailing ships that used to ply the seas between the UK and Australia. It’s full of all sorts of nautical jargon that I don’t remotely understand but it’s wonderfully atmospheric in its depiction of his time at sea, and the huge undertaking of getting an enormous sailing ship underway and maintaining it while at sea for months.
These lovely bottle shapes are based on Victorian glass bottles, and this makes the perfect gift for anyone who loves the sea.
This piece is hand cut and mounted so the papercuts cast a lovely shadow. I really enjoy the contrast between the sharp edges of the paper cut and the soft background. To create this effect I used my seagull cutouts as masks and sprayed the background with layers of inks.
Framed in a white box frame approximately 30 cm square. Postage and Packing included.
What’s not to love about a ship in a bottle ?! There’s something about the coast that’s inspiring me at the moment. I also read a wonderful book by Eric Newby a while ago called ‘The Last Grain Race’ about his time on the last of the huge sailing ships that used to ply the seas between the UK and Australia. It’s full of all sorts of nautical jargon that I don’t remotely understand but it’s wonderfully atmospheric in its depiction of his time at sea, and the huge undertaking of getting an enormous sailing ship underway and maintaining it while at sea for months.
These lovely bottle shapes are based on Victorian glass bottles, and this makes the perfect gift for anyone who loves the sea.
This piece is hand cut and mounted so the papercuts cast a lovely shadow. I really enjoy the contrast between the sharp edges of the paper cut and the soft background. To create this effect I used my seagull cutouts as masks and sprayed the background with layers of inks.
Framed in a white box frame approximately 30 cm square. Postage and Packing included.
