Sea Glass Finds Today ....I must have lost my marbles !!

Headed out to my own beach today to see if I could find some rolled sea glass as good as the quality from Seaham....I have always just walked over my beach without very close scrutiny to smaller glass finds as most of my time on my beach has been metal detecting related , so your eyes are looking for different patterns...today I walked a section at low tide , following the pebble mounds , as the rolled glass is always with the pebbles....I was amazed to find a marble near one of the pebbly areas...just sitting there on the sand.....I had heard these are not common finds....children don't play with marbles much these days, so this has probably been rolling around for many years....it was worn smooth with a lovely blue hue to it....the rest of my finds were the typical white, Victorian Blue and green and brown varieties...no reds today.....I will use these pieces on my next chimes...to start soon....as I broke the Dremel collett yesterday trying to change it, as it had locked up.....will have to order another one...

My first marble from the beach.......

Sea glass selection from Seaham

Sea glass selection from Seaham.

Sea glass finds today. Best pieces.

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Sea glass collected today.

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Seaham sea glass collected today...to be used for wind chimes.... some colours I haven't found before...

Wind Charms from Sea Glass

A selection of recent projects.

Blue Sea Glass Wind Chime

Blue sea glass wind chime.

Glass Wind Chimes and Found Sea Glass - August 2017.

Just the Glass Art Wind Chimes....and found sea glass.

Mixed Wind Chime, Ceramic and Blue Glass.

A mixed wind chime with two elements. Glass and beach washed ceramic.(blue/white)

Sea glass wind chime.large drop.

Large drop wind chime by Drift wood art, just click on the shop icon on the  left , for pricing and delivery. Large pieces of ses glass collected in Hartlepool, from the beach.

Seaglass wind chime in garden.

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How to Drill Sea Glass and Beach Pebbles.

Sea glass drilled and ready...

Sea glass collected yesterday , now ready for next step of the wind chime process.....

Sea Glass Collecting Today.

Out on the beach collecting sea glass today for some new projects and glass chimes. These pieces were from a famous north east sea glass beach , well known for smooth , rolled pieces, ideal for more delicate creations. Some of the glass is from the 1800's.

How to make a Victorian Sea Glass Wind Chime.

The glass I collected while beach combing over 3 years on North East Beaches, it is all smooth and worn by sea and sand. I carefully drilled all the glass with two holes using a diamond tipped bit...and then arranged the pieces. The hanger I also collected from the beach. Drilled the hanger, spaced the holes and spent a few hours composing the drops and tying it all together...its a patience game but happy with the results.....I will be selling a few of these in my shop.

A new start...a return to Driftwood , Stone and Glass.

Its August 2017 and suddenly I have the urge to return to working in mediums that I put aside a few years ago in pursuit of painting full time. The decision at that time was based on sales. Simply put, the galleries I entrusted with the sales of my three dimensional pieces were not delivering regular sales for me to make enough money from my efforts , for it to be a financially viable process. So I decided to pack it all up and focus on painting , which seemed to produce regular sales,  if I stayed within popular themes.

I will not say that I have not missed sculpture, because I have....but, I would like to think that I am wiser about website control and marketing now..so maybe now , is the time to try again with my three dimensional  work and see what will happen over the next few months,  as I re-develop this aspect of my creativity. In this blog I will discuss and share my progress as I begin to forage the shores for my wood and stone as well as sea glass....for my art works. I am going to create a range of pieces that will touch craft criteria but still retain a fine art element in that no two pieces will ever be the same....all pieces will be one off and original.

I will start this blog entry with re-visiting some of my drift wood sculptures , worked from wood collected from the beach. Some of these are still for sale on my new website sales page/site : https://sites.google.com/view/beachart 

All these pieces were made from material I collected from the beach.