Welcome
to The Driftwood Dreams Gallery.
This is a unique site offering paper based art including papier mache sculpture
and tableaux,
watercolour paintings and even Victorian style silhouettes.
Due to the ever increasing number of individual commissions for paper
sculptures, (first) anniversary presents and paper gifts, over the last five
years, this site has grown from a shop window for my own papier mache sculpture
to a gallery that also displays work from other artists working on or with
paper. As artists, what we have in common, is that we want our art to promote a
strong emotional response.
This sculpture of Alastair Darling produced for Channel 5's budget coverage
2008, was so popular outside 11 Downing Street, it was photographed for The
Telegraph, Metro, Local London as well as featuring throughout the TV Channel 5
news. The response was amazing. Please read more about this and have a look at
the
>>news coverage.
See full story on
>>Alastair Darling Sculpture.
Often a customer commissions a sculpture or tableau for an event, form of media,
paper or other wedding anniversary, birthday, or any other reason, we know the
recipient of the gift is always overwhelmed and thrilled. In these days of mass
production, this is a totally unique and personal gift demonstrating both
thought and effort.
After all, can you think
of any other romantic gift made of paper
for an anniversary?
I am
always available with ideas and designs
long before you commit and really want
to give you what you want so please get
in touch.
Every
person who contacts me is delightful. I
have had such fun with all my
commissions and made many new friends
through this site. Over the last
few years I have taken
commissions for portraits of houses,
pets & people, design
companies, weddings, anniversaries,
communions, christenings and birthdays.
Each commission comes with a truly
personal message and title on the back.
Clients who order romantic gifts can expect a very emotional response as their loved ones
unwrap their present!
My site shows you the versatility of
what this artistic medium papier mache
can do. Here you will see a
remarkable range of papier mache
sculptures which have been created over
a number of years. These range
from fantastical "Mexican style"
creatures and sensational seascapes to birds, boats and even politicians! Each conjured up with equal combinations
of imagination, sculptural skills and
ever growing artistic endeavour.
This
website is now in its sixth year and
has had many thousands of visitors all
over the globe. I have heard from people
around the world about their papier
mache websites, exhibitions, galleries,
successes, trials and tribulations. Each
day I am receiving emails and have
great fun with my commissions, designs
and meeting up with my clients to hand
over works of art often over coffee,
croissants or a glass of wine.
Please browse these pages at your leisure to
discover the innovative sculptural form of papier mache and contact me to share
your knowledge, skills or struggles with this art form.
So,
if you would like an unusual papier
mache present please look around.
Discover my papier mache mermaids,
monsters, boats, boxes, angels, "alebrije"
style creatures, skeletons & skiers &
much more .....quirky? quixotic?
It is here! This diverse papier
mache range proves you can capture any
idea in this exciting 3D sculptural
form. Please look at the anniversary
gifts, life in a box and the novel items
for many lifetime events. You may need
to give a gift to someone soon so
bookmark me in your favourites.
I am
happy to undertake individual papier
mache commissions to your specification
to provide you with a
personalised work of art or a truly
unique gift. Small
sculptures prices start at £60 for a
commission and tableaux start at £175.
Choose whether you want a free standing
piece or a wall hanging and discuss your
ideas online. People, places,
events & ephemera to your design ,
to your budget and definitely to your
satisfaction. If you want to give a
papier mache Gift Voucher for one to one
or group tuition that is a lovely gift
or I am available for workshops and
parties.
"Flame Fish" used as the central prop in a
production of Princess Ivana
by the Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company
I have
recently started a lifetime memento box
which is a collection of lifetime
treasures all in one box. I also have
produced many new anniversary tableaux
and numerous religious artefacts. Have a
look at my latest papier mache work on
>>New Works, and follow the
links month by month. My papier
mache commissions are now keeping me
extremely busy and I have produced
worksheets for teachers and schools to
help them with their art classes.
Have a look at my tableaux around the
world with You will also learn about my
unique design process
>>world globe.
Please also take a look through the
subhead links on your left and peruse at
your leisure.
Which is your favourite? Do let me
know. I am also featuring
several other artists under the headings
>>Romantic Gifts, and
>>House Portraits so
have a look.
Any questions?
please email
Driftwood Dreams.
Please follow the link to
>>commissions to answer any
queries you may have on commissioning an
item, choosing an ideas, creating a
design, requirements, payments, delivery
and any other questions you might have.
New
papier mache and ceramic works are added
every month, so do come back and visit
regularly. If you would like me to
notify you by email when I update the
site, please
email me and request this service.
You can also catch a recent radio
interview where my art was featured on the
>>Richard Vobes Show
I
would love to hear from other papier
mache artists about what you are up to.
Please feel free to add a link and if
you want me to link to you please email me. I am always ready to help if I can
~ time allowing ~ so get in touch &
happy browsing.
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