DriftwoodArts

DriftwoodArts was established in 2000 by Garry Brown and operates from his workshop at WASP Studios, Meadowmills, Dundee, Scotland.

He is a self employed artist who studied Product Design at Bristol College of Art and has experimented with graphic design, furniture design and ceramics over the years. He is well known in the Fife, Perth & Kinross and Tayside areas of Scotland for his bespoke range of hand crafted driftwood clocks and cabinets.

His work includes a wide selection of items ranging from decorative, sculptural clocks and cabinets through to more unusual pieces such as the collection of miniature driftwood houses which will be featured in the on-line exhibition in early 2007.

Garry works exclusively with driftwood for two reasons. Firstly, the fabulous grains, textures and features brought out by the natural sculpting elements of water, wind, sun and sand on the wood. Secondly the wood he utilises is generally discarded timber from construction, damaged boats, fence posts, etc. that has somehow made it's way into the sea - the fact that it is discarded makes it a great source of recyclable material..

Driftwood lends itself perfectly to the forms and shapes that he has developed as his own style. Influenced by sources such as Art Nouveau, the Arts and Crafts Movement, artists such as Rick Griffin and Rodney Matthews and nature itself, every design is a unique product of his own imagination.

Garry is one of the few artist/craftsmen who still makes his living solely from his art and the environmental aspects of his business make this particularly unusual.

All DriftwoodArts pieces are one-off, individual and hand-crafted with each piece making it's own artistic and ethical statement. He has exhibited widely throughout Scotland and is a regular visitor to Pittenweem Arts Festival.

The site features a gallery showing some of his work over the years and an online exhibition of some of Garry's more unusual work.