Jewelry - Sea Glass

Making beauty from the bottom of the sea

Every piece of sea glass is unique. Sea glass comes from glass items that could have been tossed overboard or from ship wrecks decades or even hundreds of years ago. The glass objects slowly work their way across the sea floor, collocating scratches from the sand and often broken by heavy tides as they crash against rocks. The sea glass I find along the coast of Corsica in some places takes a very long time to make its way onto the beach because of the very rocky sea floor that each unique piece of sea glass has to traverse.

What finally appears on the stony beaches that I search on are very small pieces of textured glass that look almost like semi precious stones. This natural texturing makes them more than just refuse that once found it's way to the bottom of the sea. I bring them back to my studio where they are drilled and combined with beads and other pendent charms to make beautiful works of natural art to be worn as a necklace.

January 2010 Sea Glass Samples

Below are some of the pieces of sea glass I collected on my 2009 trip to Corsica. Click any thumbnail for an enlargement and to see additional photos.

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