All natural beaches around the world have driftwood, which usually changes during every tropical storm or other reason for big surf! 🙂 The exception is a rare few beaches near big rich corporate hotels that have driftwood removed to maintain their “pristine” beaches. 🙂
This particular piece of driftwood was on Playa Negra (“Black Beach,” named for the dark volcanic sand there) directly behind Hotel Banana Azul in Puerto Viejo and is more like a simple log, partially buried, but it had a nice glow in the early morning sunrise last Saturday along with the color and texture. Of course there are more interesting shapes of driftwood, usually older and often sun-bleached to a light gray, nearly white.
In some coastal towns people display large, unusually shaped pieces of driftwood as works of art in their homes, restaurants and other businesses, both here and in every other coastal area I’ve visited around the world. See the driftwood links below these 2 photos . . .
Here’s some driftwood-related websites I found online:
- Bay Island Museum in India (sculptures & other driftwood art)
- Driftwood Sculptures on Pinterest
- Coastal Driftwood – items made out of driftwood on Etsy
- Driftwood Wall Art available on Amazon dot com
- Driftwood Girl, artist’s Facebook Page
- Coastal Driftwood Designs, artist’s Facebook Page
- DIY Driftwood Art YouTube Video (19 min) to make your own!
- Driftwood Upcycled, a silly DIY YouTube video by 2 girls (2 min)
¡Pura Vida!