Rare Beachcombing Curiosities - Black - Framed Beach Art

Framed Beach Wall Art - Beautiful Blacks - Sea Glass, Victorian Pottery, Driftwood, Flotsam and Jetsam

A treasure trove of some of my rarest and most favourite beach-combing finds. These special pieces have been thoughtfully arranged in clean, simple lines reminiscent of museum curiosity cabinets.

Each framed mosaic includes a blend of both man-made and natural items that have been washed ashore on the Fife beaches in Scotland including Victorian antique sea pottery, sea glass, driftwood, shells, pebbles and other found oddments! These precious fragments, collated in a spectrum of blacks and greys, have been artfully arranged and preserved behind glass, a little beach-combing adventure for your wall!

I love the contrasting textures of "old" versus "new" and the harmony between manmade and natural elements, all unified by colour.

As with every beach find, each is unique and some of these will be very hard to part with. This collage includes:

• a lovely piece of pottery with the writing 'The Gothic Pattern' made by J Green & Nephew - London and Stoke. These were prominent pottery and glass manufacturers operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• a little wheel of a toy car - it still has bits of sand in the spokes!
• part of a pottery kiln stilt - these were used in ceramic factories to hold the pottery in the kiln during the firing process
• a tiny fragment of stoneware with writing - probably part of a ginger beer bottle
• a lovely piece of stone with black and white markings
• a weathered piece of driftwood
• a worn and pitted piece of metal 
• a gorgeous piece of black and white pattern transfer-ware with a leafy pattern.
• a craw claw
• a tiny shiny top shell
• a lovely periwinkle
• an old 8 way terminal block - used for electrical wiring in junction boxes!

As you can tell, I feel quite passionate about these pieces. The excitement of finding a special piece, gifted by the sea, never quite leaves me so I hope you enjoy this assortment of beach-combing goodness!

All the pottery included in the mosaics are sea-worn ceramic fragments that wash up on the beautiful beaches in the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland. Much of the pottery dates back to the Victorian era, when ceramic factories threw their 'seconds' into the sea and locals used to cast their broken pottery into the waves for good luck! The rough Scottish seas have gently smoothed these fragments, but the patterns and colors remain vibrant, a testament to the craftsmanship of the time.

I have a range of these rare collections of beach finds in different colours. Each mosaic is priced individually based on the rarity and collectibility of the pieces included.

This original art comes in a white box frame, measuring 17.5cm square and can be hung on the wall or displayed freestanding on a shelf (Item: 4142).