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.

For sale via Facebook Marketplace (Scarborough area) £40

 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

£20 plus postage

Seagull table centre

 

RESIN "water over goldfish", mosaic seagull on guard. Table centre, plant stand, teapot stand. Unique

This was an experiment, before I do an expensive resin pour to create a river run, using waney edged wood.

The chopping board base looked new (charity shop). I used thicker than normal glass tiles around the edge, and mosaic-ed 3 goldfish (not grouted by choice).

Separately, my husband cut a seagull shape from MDF, to which I added (both sides) mosaic ceramic tiles. I used acrylic paint on the MDF edges. A “next time” thought – the beak didn’t quite work as it’s too wide! I’m not sure how I’d overcome that, so I need to think of a different design. Puffin next!

I grouted the seagull and the surround, making sure there were no places where the resin could leak out. The seagull is glued to a piece of river rock. I added pigment to the clear resin, and it has created a smooth colourful surface.

Approx. measurements:

Board 29cm x 20cm; height 14cm; weight 1319g

FOR SALE: £30 plus postage

Puffin 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 – a kingfisher welly is also finished and there will be 2 more unique painted wellies to follow! 

Please email if you would like a bespoke welly to your design.

This one isn’t drilled but I haven’t checked to see if it is watertight! However, it has been varnished (yacht varnish), so it could be used outside.

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

SORRY, SOLD

Hand painted welly, KINGFISHERS

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 – there will be 3 more unique painted wellies to follow! Puffins next!

Please email if you would like a bespoke welly to your design.

This one isn’t drilled but I haven’t checked to see if it is watertight! However, it has been varnished (yacht varnish), so it could be used outside.

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

FOR SALE: £20 plus postage 

SORRY SOLD - May 2026

Ashness Bridge, Borrowdale PASTEL artwork

 

I love having holidays in Keswick every year, and a favourite walk is over the top from Rossthwaite down to Watendlath, then take the road back to Derwentwater lake side via Surprise View and Ashness Bridge. I’m currently working on an acrylic painting from the same photograph, and decided to use this source material on a recent pastel workshop. I’ve used soft pastels, on pastel paper. I used hair spray as a fixative once I had finished. 

The picture is signed (as best you can over pastels!).

The picture has a triple mount, to fit a new Dunelm photo frame – a black frame which is made from 70% recycled polystyrene.

Frame size 21” x 17” (53.5cm x 43.5cm) approximately.

Opening 32cm x 22cm. 

FOR SALE: £40 plus postage