Antony James Hughes Artist
Creating miniature works of art from driftwood sea glass, pottery sherds and dump finds.
Mudlark beachcomber and fieldwalker creating miniature art from found objects including pottery sherds,wood,brass,copper,glass and seashells.
25/12/2023
Wishing all of my friends and followers both new and old a safe and peaceful christmas.
21/11/2023
These tiny miniature masterpieces were once part of the binding of a 17thCentury volume of Cicero.They were discovered when the book was being repaired and the spine was replaced. According to the bookbinder its not uncommon that other script fragments were cut up and used to form the bindings of new books he thinks these fragments date to either the14th or 15th Centuries and may have been taken from a book of hours due to the script size.I have mounted the fragments between glass so both front and rear can be viewed and also used 16th century timber to form the frame.
24/10/2023
I have some rare bellarmine sherds that i intend incorporating into pieces of art these all date from the 16th and 17th Century.
18/10/2023
Latest piece of work.
04/10/2023
These are the last few sherd pictures i have available i am now concentrating on new sherd boxes and some other new pieces of work *ALL ARE NOW SOLD*
03/10/2023
Not a Thames find but from a local dump he seems a jolly little fellow and now he has his own little shelter too, this piece can be hung on a wall or stood on a desk,the figure stands 2 inches in height.
NOW SOLD.
01/10/2023
New piece of work in a chestnut frame,dimensions of sherd are 45mm x 35mm this piece is available.
19/09/2023
A sherd measuring 20mm x 15mm framed for a friend.
15/09/2023
Not only was this sherd broken into two separate halves which were not found together but i had to put it all back together before i could even start to trim it up. at least a small piece has been saved.This was a dump/river find the timber is Thames driftwood. This piece is available.
14/09/2023
I recovered this tiny westerwald jug sometime ago and still marvel at its size and quality,ive found sherds bigger than this before. Scroll right for size comparisons😊
14/09/2023
Flying visit to London with a few hours on the foreshore.
03/09/2023
A sherd that reminds me of my school days.
23/08/2023
I sometimes create pieces of work using materials and objects that have been given to me by other people thats the case with this particular piece.The miniature Bible is a David Bryce miniature published in 1901 and given to me in exchange for a piece of work i did, i feel its now time it finds a new home but not before i add my own personal touch of a sherd box to keep it extra safe.
This piece is available.
18/08/2023
Latest sherd box made from some beautiful slipware sherds and driftwood oak.The dimensions are 60mm Width x 50mm Depth and 60mm in height. This piece is available.
18/08/2023
14/08/2023
There will be new framed miniature sherds ready next week, stay tuned.
02/08/2023
Made from driftwood picked up around North Norfolk. *SOLD*
30/07/2023
And then there was five the sherd art gallery is growing ill be putting some of these up for sale soon so stay tuned.
26/07/2023
Driftwood frame 2
25/07/2023
Driftwood frame 1 I will be creating some of these that will be for sale soon.
23/07/2023
Welsh Smokey quartz gemstone with its own tiny box.Possibly one of the smallest boxes ive made.