My first love is beach combing and the solitude and serenity and space to quiet my swirling thoughts. Second, is the writing and spiritual reflection. Finally I’ve wanted to swirl wire and do more than hold the sea glass gems in my own jars and hands. So, here are some photos of my source for inspiration as well as some of my work.
I have earrings, sea glass angels and ornaments (not yet pictured) or in the works. Most of the wire wrap pendants on this page have sold. I am not a professional photographer but this gives a flavor for the sea glass. I have starting making sea glass for the tactile inclined who like to hold it and use at a hanging worry stone. The design is simple and the beauty is all in the glass.
I’m leaving for Italy in 2 days…staying in Pisa, going to Venice, Lucca, Rome. Have you found any seaglass beaches near there?? Thanks!
I’ve never been but DO report back when you return, o.k.? I’d love to know what you discover.
Sea Glass girl
Your jewelry creations are beautiful. What type of wire and gauge do you use? Where do you get your supplies? Do you ever drill any of your pieces? Thanks for your help.
I’m glad you like my work. I use 18, 20 and 22 guage wire. I use craft wire, recycled sterling silver and copper wire. You can get gold wire but it’s very expensive. I get supplies at beading stores, jewelry supply stores, online and at Hoover and Strong (for recycled sterling silver wire). I used to be able to get decent wire and guage choices at Michael’s and AC Moore but they don’t seem to offer as many choices.
So far, drilling has not appealed to me. I like leaving the glass whole though I’ve seen nice drilled pieces. For that, I’d take a class to get those skills because I think there are some tricks to keep the glass from breaking.
Good luck and if you make stuff, send me a link or some photos of your own work. I’d love to see it. The creations are as unique as the sea glass.
Sea Glass Girl
I love your work, I’m a sea glass girl. Everything is just so gorgeous! I’m really drawn to the hanging heart.
Christine,
Thanks for commenting. The hanging heart is one of my newer creations and I’m feeling the urge to make bigger pieces and mix recycled silver and sea glass and see what happens. I’m glad you responded to the heart and wrote in.
Sea glass girl
Months later…I posted in November…you continue to inspire me with your wonderful work!! I find lots of sea glass on a special beach. I have wrapped some and given them as gifts. Yours are far and above the best I have seen. Thanks for responding to my previous post. Cathy
Thank You Cathy. You are very kind! I’m glad you love the sea glass. There are wonderful little tea light holders at Crate and Barrel and you can put sea glass in the glass, add water and I may make it ocean water if the smell doesn’t too strong (add the tea light candle) and bring the ocean and her gems inside.
Thanks for writing.
My husband and I took our kids to the beach for the first time today….. I was showing my 4 year old son to search for sea shells and special things you can take home. I came across what I thought was a large crystal looking rock. Later I showed my husband, proud of my find he looked at me funny and said, “it’s just glass” and threw it back. I told him I didn’t care I thought it was a rock and if it was glass I could feel stupid when we got home. After washing it off he was right it was glass, I showed my mom and she was talking about seaglass. I’ve never heard of it. So cool! I love your work. Now I have a 4 inch by 2 inch piece of seaglass that has layers and is 2 colors. It’s amazing!
I just love your work. My daughter and I have started wrapping our own sea glass and are really enjoying the time together. After looking at your work, though, I realize how juvenile our work looks. I know that practice and patience are things we need to work on to make the magic happen!! Your work has given me inspiration and since I live very close to many beaches that are just dripping with sea glass (we call it “beach glass” because we find it on the beach haha), I have plenty of glass to work with. Thank you for the inspiration. God Bless
Michele,
Don’t worry about what anyone else makes. It’s just wonderful that you have this to share with your daughter and I’m sure you have your own style!
Sea Glass Girl
Hi! I’ve been going to Isla Mujeres for 12 years, and have been collecting sea glas and tiles all this time, trying to decided what I’d like to do with it –the glass and tiles fascinate me, as much as I like the solitude of the time I have to hunt for it. I’d love to do some night lights, but was wondering what I could use to hold the glass together that wouldn’t detract from the pieces – perhaps I could form them around something that could later be removed and just leave the glass free standing so the light would come through? Any suggestions would be great —I also have considered making jewelry, and love the pieces you have shown here —-very nice! I’m in the Kansas City area, so I need to start checking out craft centers for wire, etc.
Happy Hunting! It’s fun to know there are others who share my delight in finding new treasures!
Hello Sea Glass Girl!!
Still love your designs the best!! You have an extraordinary talent. I continue to collect sea glass along my favorite beach site. I have been using wire and beads to create pendants since December. Family and friends have been very appreciative of their ocean treasures. It is a thrill for me to see the people I love wear something I found and then turned into art. Thank you for creating this website and posting your designs. You are my inspiration. Cathy
Hi Cathy,
I’d love to see your work some time. Your words are kind. It’s a wonderful hobby/passion/craft isn’t it?
Sea Glass Girl
Seaglass Girl,
I love your work. It’s beautiful! I also can really connect about beach glass having a special tactile appeal. I’ve always have been drawn to beachglass. It’s like holding a piece of magic. It has powers all of it’s own. I recently took a class on wire wrapping glass and am very excited to work with it. I only wish I lived in your area to take some of your classes.
Katie
You have wonderful ideas and designs and love this web site!!, I used to have an antique store where people were coming in asking about seaglass. I had never heard of Seaglass but became quite interested in learning more. As a matter of fact someone once pointed out that I had a pair in one of my jewelry cases. Needless to say I still wear them and feel as though I am wearing a piece of history when i wear them.
Presently I am teaching beading glasses and often think about beach glass. Today I venture out to the beach. It was my first time but I felt awsome actually chasing after the glass as the waves came in. My first time out and I came home with a pile of green, brown, white and a few pieces of light blue, two pieces of dark blue and a yellow. Did I do good for my first time. Oh and did I mention I love to write, writing playing with jewelry, crystals, and now seaglass.
Hello, This is my 1st.summer finding treasures on the beach. I have a vacation home in New Brunswick , Canada. and all around the Northumberland Straight are plenty of ocean beaches. I literally found thousands of peices. Its become an obsession, I love the peacefulness and sounds of the ocean, theres no therapy like it.
I started looking at sites on beach glass and stumbled upon yours. You have beautiful work. I have only made about 40 pieces so far but plan to do many this winter . My nephew also enjoys this and we are going to try to set up next year at a weekly fair they have nearby. I was just wondering how do you decide how to price your items ? Its difficult because you have different sizes, rarer colors, so I wondered how you go about deciding on prices. Again your work is beautiful and you inspired me to start to add beads in my peices, they are lovely. Murielle
I’ve been wrapping sea glass now for some yrs. and like seaglassgirl am not inclined to drilling it as of yet. However, I see drilling as just another technique to present the glass and probably will eventually get a drill and do some just to have a grasp how to do it if need be.
Good quality sea glass exists in my area if you know where to look, but although we have huge beaches they are mostly just sand with little in the way of stone or rock for grinding the glass. My experience collecting now for about 3 yrs. is that for the best quality glass to develop you need stone and rock areas and sand.
As of yet I only sold a few pieces in a yard sale and haven’t ventured into the craft show world as of yet. I was once a craft person 35 yrs. ago and I’m pretty familiar with it. Amazingly, it hasn’t really changed much in all these yrs. For the time being I collect and make things mostly as gifts for friends and family and as X-Mas gifts.
Hi –
Do you make eye glass chains? Those things to wear around the neck to hold my glasses when I’m not wearing them?
I don’t make sea glass eye glass chains. I have a friend that does. feel free to email me at seaglassarts@gmail.com and I can ask if she has any. They are pretty and done with small beads.
sea glass girl
Hi Seaglassgirl,
I am 11, but I have over 1,000 pieces of sea glass.
I really love your work and the angel is just gorgeous!
Do you have any tips on finding it or working with it?
Thx so much! Merry X-mas!
Caroline
Caroline,
Wow, what an amazing collection you must have. Over 1000 pieces? You must have been searching for a long while. Well, you asked about tips on finding sea glass and working with it. The first thing I’ll say is it doesn’t sound like you have any problem finding sea glass. But, rocky beaches are better than super sandy beaches. But, you don’t want an all rock beach as you need some sand to walk on and search in. As for working with the sea glass I suggest starting with craft wire. It’s pretty affordable and it’s soft and it comes in lots of colors. And, you can clip off the wire if you want to get the sea glass back to pure form. You really can just experiment with wire wrapping. There are glasses and they are wonderful. But if you are patient and allow yourself to play with the wire (and have a jewelry set of tools which you can get at Michaels or AC Moore for under $15) you will have what you need. Both stores have some craft wire as well.
Please ask any questions and if you want to share any photos of your glass or your work, and an adult in your life says it o.k., send it over and I’ll post it, o.k.?
Good luck!!
Sea Glass Girl
I have been collecting sea glass for over 50 years from Cape Cod to Hawaii, from Tonga to Virginia and from Maine to Ireland. Last year I began to work with my treasures. I cut strips of glass, beveled the sides, made crosses of them and glued on sea glass in mosaic patterns. They are to hang in the window and came out beautifully. I love your designs and am inspired to continue. Blessings and thanks…betsy
Your creations are lovely!
Your work is beautiful..do you ever make small seaglass mobiles? I am searching for such a treasure. Aloha teri
I love your work! I just started collecting sea glass 3 years ago. Now they sit in jars waiting to be used. Thanks for the inspiration!
As for the clamps that you used, what kind of super glue works best?
Thank you so much for sharing!