Rare Beachcombing Curiosities - Yellow - Framed Beach Art

Framed Beach Wall Art - Sunny Yellows - 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 yellows or orange, 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 beautifully rusted metal number 1 - presumably from someone's front door! I love this piece and have included a photo of the day I found it at the beach! (27th December 2024)
• a triangular part of a pottery kiln stilt - these were used in ceramic factories to hold the pottery in the kiln during the firing process
• a chunky piece of antique tile with a yellow, green and purple pattern
• a piece of sea urchin shell
• a gorgeous pale yellow sea snail shell
• a small piece of etched yellow glass - this is extremely rare!
• a lovely piece of weathered driftwood in a round half-moon shape
• a tiny bright yellow fishing bead
• stripy orange and brown stoneware - I've found a few pieces of this at Anstruther but have yet to identify the original pattern
• a piece of shell in the shape of a heart - placed upside down so the interior of the shell is visible
• a piece of bright yellow flash glass - flash glass uses a layer of white glass covered with a thin layer of yellow - a cost effective way of producing coloured glass in the early 1900's - you wouldn't have noticed the clear glass underneath until the piece was broken!
• a lovely piece of yellow pottery in a triangle shape
• a piece of yellow rope

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: 4141).