Seaweed Artwork | Cup of Jo

Where do you find affordable art? One piece we love in our home is this hand-pressed seaweed print from Cornwall, England, where my aunt lives.

Two friends — Melanie Molesworth and Julia Bird — make their artwork by foraging for seaweed on beaches or in shallow water after a storm. “We love it when they’re faded and a bit sea-bashed sometimes,” Julia told Toast. “Some of the beautiful pale pink colors are very faded as they’ve been drifting about in the sea. That can make them so beautiful.”

Julia in her studio

They make prints of all sizes (I have the largest “A1” size), as well as notecards and tea towels. How lovely are those?

Where do you find artwork? I’d love to know 🙂

P.S. My aunt’s house in Cornwall, England, 10 pieces of artwork for kids, and 11 cool ways to hang family photos.

(Top photo taken in the guest bedroom of our Brooklyn home; wallpaper by Rebecca Atwood. Foraging photo by Toast. Studio photo from Melanie Molesworth and Julia Bird’s book.)