Rustic Driftwood Stool

Driftwood is such an interesting material to use. Soft, worn, aged, tough.

This stool is a mix of driftwood branches, fence palings, and a block of wood. Not too exciting when its said like that.

Finished with boiled linseed oil.

Lots of grain and sanded to within an inch of its life. Nice to sit on too.

Driftwood stool

Fence battens and a beautiful piece of worn painted timber all from Blacks Beach Mahia... Nice.

               
 

Found Art

drift wood
soft
beaten
rounded and now
delivered to a sandy rest
sun baked
etched and transformed

A piece of a boat I am guessing
texture, colour and time
unrefined edges

I never worked out what the holes are for

sheeps wool caught about the base of the dried seed pod

Another 3 Legged Stool

Old fence posts found on Blacks Beach for legs and a piece of log also found on Blacks Beach.

3 legged stool

I found the log at Blacks Beach, Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay. Carried it for what felt like ages back to my truck. It is a heavy piece of timber.

The legs came from a second hand store in Gisborne.

I love the crazy look that it has. The combination of nature and retro, and the three legs. Three legs are so much easier than 4 in this instance because the stool will always balance - if you know what I mean.

It is a stool if you have long legs or it is a small table - as shown here.

The log sat in my garage for 4 months until it dried out and because it is drift wood, it was already soft and well worn - the beauty of drift wood.

I slathered it with boiled linseed oil to protect it and also to give it a warm honey glow.

Not too shabby!