OLD AYTON MOSAIC

 

AYTON VILLAGE MOSAIC, new, signed – wall art.

I’ve made this mosaic picture of the old parts of my village – West and East Ayton, near Scarborough.

We have castle ruins, dating back to a manor house in the 15^th century, which fell into disrepair for 200 years, when the Lord of the Manor moved to York.  In 1775, stones from the ruined castle were allegedly used to build the stone bridge between East and West Ayton, to cross the River Derwent.

DERWENT MILL - There has been a mill (but not this one!) in Ayton since the Domesday Book. This mill was built in the 1700s. The river used to flow under the waterwheel.

Then of course, there is the mallard duck. In springtime there are lots of ducks and ducklings.

I did the mosaic on MDF, which, after grouting, I glued onto the outside of a deep frame. I added picture cord for wall hanging.

Approx measurements:

Frame = 18”/46cm x 8.25”/21cm x total depth 1.5”/4cm.

Mosaic itself = 16”/41cm x 6”/16cm

Weight: 1741g

FOR SALE: £40 free post

Seaside donkey mosaic

 

This is a 10" x 9" mosaic, set into a frame (12" x 9"), with an added beach hut hook.

For sale £35, free post, to UK.

Hand painted welly, BARN OWLS

Hand painted welly, BARN OWLS, signed. Unique artwork as a gift, indoor planter, stick stand or vase. HUNTERS welly.

Looking for a unique gift or piece of original artwork? No one else will have one of these!

I buy pre-loved wellingtons from the charity shops and create unique planters from them. Sometimes I drill the soles, so they can be filled with gravel and soil for plants; other times I use them indoors for a plant pot.

This welly was a donation from a villager, who couldn’t take her 2 pairs of HUNTERS wellies to Australia. I hope she is delighted with the result – two (now sold) had kingfishers and puffins; the third was poppies and iris. This has barn owls “HUNTING” (Hunters) for mice. It is newly refurbished from a preloved item.

FOR SALE: £30 free post to UK

 

Iris and Poppies painted welly

 

This is the 3rd design on the Hunters wellies that I were donated to me. Remember puffins and kingfishers? They quickly sold and have marched off to a new home.

One welly still to paint - owls I think 

 

 

Approximate measurements: 29cm x 10cm sole/size UK 9; 43cm tall; 1062g weight.

FOR SALE: £20 plus postage.

More information is on eBay paintingandplants 

Wooden half bowl “shelf” with mosaic flowers, and HIGHLAND COW welly-planter. “Rescue, Recycle and Reuse”. Unique, signed

This item is unique … and will make an unusual gift, for someone who is hard to buy for! Birthday, Fathers’ Day, anniversary, Christmas, etc.

My current creating aim is to … RESCUE, RECYCLE and REUSE.

I’ve made two wooden “shelves” by sawing in half a 8”- 10” diameter wooden bowl, bought from a charity shop. The depth of the bowl is 10cm. I’ve made a highland cow design on this half. 

To fix the half-bowl to a wall, there are two mirror plates, which you can screw onto the wall (wall plugs and screws provided). Or - as shown in the photos - I’ve added picture cord so it could be more temporary, and hang on the wall. It could also be a free-standing planter …e.g. on a window sill.

I varnished the two half-bowls before adding this design, and I varnished the cow welly after painting. There are 3 other designs currently available.

All measurements are approximate.

Charity shop wellingtons, child’s size 9. Sole length 19cm and height 18cm. They are not drilled for drainage but will take a 10cm/4cm” plant pot.

Weights: Shelf 308g, welly 279g = 587g in total

The welly was painted initially with two coats of gesso, then two coats of powder blue acrylic paint. The design has been added with acrylic paint. 

FOR SALE: £30

 

TREE ROOT TABLES - rescue and repurpose

BIRD BATH using a rescued frying pan and tree root table.

All measurements are approx.
Weight 6.5kg; height 60cm/23.5”; max. width 38cm/15”.
Frying pan without handle 26cm/10.5” diameter; depth 6cm/2.5”

The pan is screwed onto the tree root, and contains yellow, black and blue domed glass tiles, plus a circle of square glass mosaic tiles. There is a thin layer of clear resin over the tiles.

The tree root coffee table originally had 3 small tables, and was used outside for many years. Eventually, it needed some TLC. One table broke off easily and became a Robin bird bath (now sold). The remaining piece was sawn down the middle and made as level as possible. Each piece has had 3 coats of clear wood preservative.

SORRY, now SOLD

 Tree root vase. RESCUE and REPURPOSE. Unique table centre

This item would make a vase stand or table centre.

The base has had three coats of outdoor wood preservative.

The “vase” was a quart oil can pourer. I sprayed silver paint over the original green paint, and decorated the sides with 5 mosaic flowers and random mosaic greenery. Plus, there are two rows of silver, bronze and gold small mosaic tiles. There is a small amount of resin in the can, over the screw, so it will hold water. I can include the glass vase which I used in the photo to hold the flowers.

For sale via Facebook Marketplace (Scarborough area) £30

KINGFISHER mosaic picture

 

KINGFISHER MOSAIC PICTURE. Original, new, signed.

For my latest painting/crafting, I’ve based my projects on kingfishers – watercolour painting, and welly painting (as the last photo shows), and now a mosaic.

The mosaic uses MDF as a base – 17cm x 23cm; I’ve used a variety of ceramic craft tiles to create the picture.

I’ve used a new IKEA Ribba deep frame – but discarded the glass and swapped the front to the rear. It’s had a coat of white acrylic paint on what is now the front.

All measurements are approx.

995g (plus packaging for postage). Frame outside: 20.2cm x 26.3cm x 3.4cm

SORRY - SOLD