If you have followed this blog for any length of time you’ll know of my little love affair with driftood. I adore it.
I also adore what other artists do with it!
All Washed Up - driftwood art shop
I was thrilled to come across a little shop last week on the way to our little rented beach house, selling the creations of driftwood artist David Ramsell. Even though this was just a little shop, you really could spend hours in there.
Each piece is – of course – unique and David is generous with his time, explaining the origins of the pieces of driftwood, stone or metal – how he found them, where his ideas come from – and how he’s had to create techniques to deal with some of his raw materials. Everything he uses is either a found object or recycled – nothing is brand new and I love that about it: everything has a story.
I adored the hooks which started life as spoons
driftwood hook rail
then spotted what he’d done with forks, which was even more amazing (I haven’t got a photo, which is very remiss of me, but if you’re interested, I’m sure David would email you photographs!). David curls the actual prongs of the forks and they end up looking quite decorative and nothing like forks!
driftwood art
You can buy David’s creations online – but his website does only show a small fraction of what he makes. He gets visitors who travel to north Wales especially to see him and his art, which isn’t surprising. It’s well worth the visit.
If you’re in the area, you should make a point of travelling on the main road through Pontllyfni (it’s not far from Caernarfon) to find David’s shop. Not too fast, though – you don’t want to miss it!
