Sea Glass.

 What is it?

Sea-glass, also known as beach-glass, mermaid's tears, lucky tears and drift glass is broken glass that is found on beaches, large lakes and  large tidal rivers.

It has been tumbled and smoothed by the turning tides, the water, sand and sunlight, creating small pieces of frosted  glass.

Sharp edges are softened as the glass tumbles over rocks, sand, pebbles & coral. It is then further smoothed by the natural sandblasting actions of the sea.

Sea-glass can also be found at underwater sites, such as wrecks & caves.

Found around the world both underwater and on beaches, it is found in a myriad of colours, while also being transparent and opaque.

 Sea glass dates from ancient times to the present, most found today is from the late 1800's to the 1960's. Each piece of sea glass has been sculpted by many decades of tides.

Many pieces and some colours are collectors items.

Sea glass is one of the very few cases of a valuable  and useful item being created by nature and the environment on man-made litter.

The whole process creates one-of-a-kind  gem-sized pieces that are then washed onto the shores & beaches.

I do not tumble or alter any of the sea glass that I use. The pieces are only shaped by nature, rolling around with pebbles and sand.

I strive to use the best quality natural unaltered sea glass.

The majority of it is found by myself and my younger sister, along the shore lines of the River Thames.

Although I also buy from a very good beach comber who lives on the shores of the Moray Firth in Scotland. This beachcomber is trusted by myself and I have had no reason to doubt the authenticity of this supplier.

People will tell you that due to bottling companies using alternatives to glass that sea-glass is becoming rarer.While it may be true that it is indeed harder to find in some areas of the World, it simply isn't true.

It is more the case of knowing where to look and having suppliers who also know where to look in their part of the World.

You simply need to know where, when and how to look for it.

A simple Google search for sea-glass, will in fact give you plenty of sites that deal with or work with sea-glass.