Searching For Sea Glass
Glass has many different uses throughout the world
. One of its primary uses is to add beauty to various things that are built.
For example, an architect may design a building with interesting glass windows to add variety to a city that is normally lined with brick block buildings. An artist may include some glass in his or her final project to add meaning and depth to it.
Glass may be used in bottles for juices in order to show the texture and the clear, sparkling color. Another primary use for glass is in jewelry.
Sea glass is commonly found along the shoreline of Hawaii and California as well as in the Caribbean. This kind of glass was lost at sea and has been sanded down to a polished hue in the rough tumble of the waves.
Even though plastic and paper containers have mostly replaced glass containers for drinks, sea glass can still be easily found along these coastlines. While sea glass is still abundant in some areas, it is becoming rarer because of the decrease in use of glass.
Sometimes it can take an extra amount of effort to find pieces big enough to make jewelry with, but the search can be worth it. If you are on the hunt for certain colors can be much more difficult than simply searching for any color.
Red and orange glass pieces are particularly hard to find. White and brown glass pieces are much more common, but not as beautiful in jewelry.
The rareness of certain types of glass makes certain types more valuable among sea glass collectors. In addition to the reds and oranges, peridot, aquamarine, and opaque white are also quite rare.
The location where the glass is found can also contribute to the value of a certain piece of glass. However, how smooth the glass is, whether or not it has chips, the shape and the size contribute more to value than the location found or the color it is.
This substance is popular for jewelry because it is similar to gems in many ways. It is often transparent and captures light.
However, if you are going to follow the ways of the experienced sea glass collector, you will let pieces that are not opaque or smooth stay on the beach until it is more processed by the sea. It definitely takes time for the glass to become what is considered to be the most beautiful in jewelry when it is processed by the sea.
Sometimes it will only take months, but quite often it probably takes years to become opaque and smooth. Due to the time that it takes to create sea glass, some people find it much easier to make fake sea glass and sell it.
These people take normal glass and tumble it in a glass tumbler. This kind of sea glass lacks many qualities such as opacity, rarity, and the simple story of being tossed around in the ocean for years and years.
True sea glass jewelry makers will only use the authentic kind, they will not resort to scamming people on the fake kind. However, if you are considering making a purchase of this kind of jewelry you may want to be careful to ask whether it really came from the beach and is authentic.
One of the unique things about this kind of jewelry is that each piece is very different. It does not come from a manufactured stamp, but it each treated separately, on its own from the ocean.
Many times other gems are even added to the jewelry to enhance its value and to complement the sea tumbled glass. Due to the simple origins of the glass and to its natural look, most designs that look the best are those that are quite simple.
This allows viewers to see the sea glass and value it for what it is. More complex designs will distract the eye and take away value from the main component of the jewelry.
Due to the uniqueness of the sea tumbled glass, one of the most difficult pieces of jewelry to make is matching earrings. Color and shape are very variable and it can be a challenge to find two pieces that are similar in color, size, shape, and opaqueness.
If you are beginning your own sea glass business, you may want to examine the pieces that others have made first in order to get an idea of what kind of glass you will be looking for on the beaches. This can be a very rewarding hobby and source of income.
by: Jack Landry
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