David Dryden

After years of furniture making, a diploma in graphic design, and a degree in product design at Ravensbourne, I finally found a media which really excited and challenged my imagination: broken ceramic tiles! But not the cutting slivers you find on building sites, nor the sharp edges of ceramic squares in mosaics. These ceramic tiles are found on the Italian beaches. Tiles which once graced houses of differing Italian cultures and periods, seemingly of no more use were carelessly discarded into the beautiful Mediterranean Sea .

Through years of erosion by the sea their edges become rounded and smooth, creating unique shapes with a myriad of designs fired into them still clearly visible. Impossible to reproduce.

Some of the works I have added a description of what I see, as there subtleties which I would not like the viewer to miss.

All pictures are ready for hanging by means of a cord set into the plaster and are striking enough without a frame. However, with some, a greater emphasis can be made with a large coloured border and frame, which would need to be expertly mounted in a unique way to support the weight of the tablet.

Here are just a few of the diverse subjects I have completed.