I used to collect little pieces of smoothed glass on the beach during childhood holidays to South Wales, thinking that they were pretty pebbles but my geologist brother assured me that they had not been polished by mermaids but by the action of the waves rolling them on the sea floor.
Who would have thought that decades later I would once again be collecting this beautiful material and creating pretty summer rings? Sea glass has a fabulous matt texture with a slight grain to it and is hardly recognisable as glass at all. Apparently, the darker the colour the older the piece and if you find any deep brown sea glass it could well date back to the 17th century.
As you can see, I enhance their beauty with a little wire wrapping here and there to create unique rings that look fab and groovy with those summer pastel shades that we will soon be wearing during that tropical heatwave that I predict is definitely going to arrive in the next month or two. A girl can hope!
You can see more photos and details of these rings on my Folksy and Zibbet shops.
These are beautiful Amanda!
ReplyDeleteI love the first one, I love copper, and am working with it more and more. Have you collected all the glass yourself?
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Sadly,I haven't had a chance to go to the coast this year, but there's a wonderful river where I keep my horse and I plan to go and collect a few pieces down there just as soon as it stops raining!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pieces! Also glad your most recent craft fair was more successful than the last, and loving your new blog background :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Charlotte. I had such fun choosing my blog background and am going to have to find a summer themed one as soon as the tropical heatwave hits! No rush there then!!
ReplyDeleteoooooooo I love your rings!! beautiful work! I am following your blog!
ReplyDeleteAmanda - ive seen quite a lot of your work now and love how creative your mind is, from these rings through to your doggy jumpers.well done!!
ReplyDeleteNice pieces, I make jewellery using sea glass,and as I live on the coast it's really easy to collect. I hope you'll pop over to my Folksy shop to have a look. I've done a bit of wire wrapping but mostly beaded stuff.
ReplyDeleteThats interesting about the darker pieces being older - I have quite a collection and a few really dark brown and green pieces.
ReplyDeleteA lovely blog post, interesting to see that you just continue using the wire you used for wrapping to make the ring band too. I love beach combing, always come away with something interesting!
ReplyDeleteCool! I love collecting sea glass and sea pottery and didn't know what to do with them so I decided on the seed bead route. I have photos of my first finished necklaces at http://pookledo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/freeform-peyote-around-sea-pottery.html if you are interested in having a look :)
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely! I have been collecting sea glass lately and have been looking for craft ideas so I can make use of it.
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I love Sea Glass, I have been glossing them with varnish to give them a wet look but they look beautiful left natural too. I love the wire wrapping, it really makes them something special.
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