Victor Stuart Graham
Victor trained as a graphic designer. He followed this with an MA at the Royal College in Textiles. Since then his work has taken many diverse forms, from teaching to painting municipal railings. Although he still knits, he has successfully reduced his textile output to ties and is now principally known for driftwood boats.
He uses soft worn woods lightly decorated in subtle reds, blues and greens to create the effects of trawlers and little pleasure boats. They are not remotely naturalistic, but often carry tiny details - metal anchors and portholes, messages coded in seafaring flags. Many of the boats are wall mounted, but some of them are free standing. In addition, he also makes rows of cottages. Like something from the north Cornish coast, they rest in craggy lines, nestling into larger pieces of wood.
His work is entirely dictated by his materials, a challenge which he enjoys.
Victor Stuart Graham
Beautifully hand crafted, driftwood boats from £30.