The seaweed is collected, backbreakingly I can say after scouring the rocks and beaches of Northumberland at low tide. The weed is dried and mounted on watercolour paper. A simple process but the results are quite impressive.
A selection of some of the scanned images of seaweed Elizabeth has prepared can be found using the link- Seaweed Art. The images are scanned and do not do justice to the actual seaweed.
Another of her talents, for which I am responsible in a way, is stone polishing, I bought her the polisher as a present. The peebles are collected, again backbreakingly I can say after scouring the beaches of Normandy and The Vendee picking up suitable samples. These are then rotated with various grits for weeks and weeks to produce incredible results!
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| The Polisher!! |
It is anticipated that, at some point in the future, these and other items of Elizabeths work will be for sale and with this in mind we have added a page to the blog 'Art and all that stuff'. Why not take a look and let us know if anything takes your fancy.
2 comments:
Elizabeth, you are indeed multi-talented!
The art work here, and on your art page is stunning.
I'm sure we have a polisher somewhere in our garage, from the days when my husband taught (he is still involved in education but it is a long time since he taught)and used it as an activity with pupils. It's probably a late 70's version of yours!
Although I think the finished product has everything to do with the original choice of stones. I'm an 'expert' on rocks - at least I have convinced my Y8 class that I am ;-) !!
Thanks for the offer of a visit sometime, we'd love to meet up somewhere.
Golly, that takes me back. I used to go to a lapidary club when I was a teenager. I would have loved a polisher back then.
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