A child free day

I happened to have a day off work today, so with a rare child free day I headed out with the dogs to Southampton.

The dogs had a great run and very luckily the rain held off for the whole morning, at one point the sun even managed to come out!

Stormy weather always brings with it some great finds, and today was no exception to that rule.

2 hours of beachcombing produced some really lovely pieces of beach glass, driftwood, broken shells, holey stones, and even a few pieces of beach ceramics.

A truly great days hunting, and I am very excited to see what I can create with the materials.

Magazine scraps quilling - work in progress

 

 

 

These are so colourful, with the benefit of using recycled material. Brightly coloured junk mail and magazine pages cut into strips, hand rolled and glued to make these lovely coils.

Driftwood stripes

 A great and unusual pair of driftwood art pieces, such great pattern and texture.
And for a closer look at the individual pieces................................

Driftwood mirror

This much more substantial starburst design gives a very beautiful pattern.
And a closer view............

Pintrest

I am a bit of a technophob, and it takes me years to catch up with the crowd, as evidenced by my very recent joining of facebook.

If you use Pintrest its a great place to store images that mean something to you, I only joined this week, and I am loving having such beauty at my fingertips.

Back to my point, if you would like to see the "Of soil sea and sky" images all on one page then take a look here:

http://pinterest.com/traceyt171/of-soil-sea-and-sky/

Cheers

Driftwood art pieces

 

I like the combination of the different textures and types of driftwood in this piece, especially the very industrial rusting screw next to the much more natural pieces of wood.

 

Broken seashells

 

These shells are all broken when

 found and when grouped together

 they give a very pretty and tactile

 appearance.

Solid beachglass

When beachglass is used in art it most often is used to create very delicate pieces of jewellery or sun catching hangers.

However I like the feel of the much chunkier and more substantial pieces of glass, and I think they look great in creating a more solid looking piece.

Industrial driftwood

I think there is beauty in all driftwood, and I especially like these pieces of wood that man has had a hand in shaping, at some point in the woods history.

The nails, rust and screws all add to that lovely solid feel:

 

 

 

 

Who's who in soil sea and sky...

My name is Tracey, I am a mum, parent supporter and Nurse and in my spare time I love to walk (with the kids and our two beagles), and scour the local woodlands, countryside and seaside for treasures ( as my kids call them) to use in my wild collectors art.

I work with many materials from broken sea shells to beach glass, and try hard to capture the rustic and untamed nature of the treasures in every piece I create.

The vast majority of pieces are collected and created at my home in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight.

I am no photographer, so the slightly out of focus pictures are all my doing I am afraid. However My husband Alistair is the photographer, and you will see some blogs containing my favourite wild images that he has captured.

If you have any comments, any suggestions or would like to enquire about prices or buying a piece then please contact me via email at :   tjhat57@yahoo.co.uk

Beach glass - small 6 by 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the smaller and more delicate pieces of beachglass in a box frame. I like the dark blue, but I think there is something to be said for the other colour backgrounds too.

 

Wait for it......

I have many pieces that are awaiting the finishing touches or just sitting patiently waiting for me to get on and photograph them.

Sadly with it being half term getting the time to take pictures of the pieces in the daylight is beyond me, so watch this space and the photos should start to appear over the next few weeks.

Material - terracota

As usual I collect these random things, get them home and then think what on earth can I do with that.

These have a lovely feel, but are very bulky, so this time I am well and truly stumped for a good idea.

Material - Bark

I recently saw tree bark being used in some very lovely pieces, and had never really thought of using this material before. Will have to think about this one.....