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Sea Glass at the Beach, Part 2

Rare find: beach full of sea glass still being worked on by the ocean in large quantities
A rare location: sea glass still being ocean tumbled in large quantities

At the beach in all these photos, the sea glass is protected and it’s illegal to collect any. The beach is amazing, sea glass has replaced the sand normally seen on beaches. The tinkling sound of the glass being tumbled is wonderful to hear. The beach is such a treasure that it’s been designated an official state park.

The world as a sea glass tumbler
The world as a sea glass tumbler

Beaches after a storm, and beaches after high tide are great places to look for sea glass. Sometimes there’s sea glass in the water still being tumbled. Many beaches with such a high concentration of glass such as this one are often full of glass because they are near a closed dump of some kind. Or, as seen in yesterday’s post, Sea Glass at the Beach Part 1, the dump is still active.

Protected sea glass glistening in the sun
Protected sea glass glistening in the sun

Some were a public dump and some are, or were, a private dumping ground for a glass artist or community of glass artists.

Protected sea glass
Protected sea glass and rocks
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More Tools. Sandscaping

Here’s a clever ‘tool’:

Drink Holder, Zelda’s Restaurant, Capitola, CA

Another CAT at the beach…

…sandscaping the river channel back to it’s summer location. We learned that it’s an annual move.

Your guess? Something to do with the channel move

Seagulls and summer homes

Freshening up for summer

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Surf’s Up at Sunny Cove

In my first step down on the beach I found some seafoam green bottle glass that had been worked a bit by the ocean. Bonus. The ocean air and 79 deg F plus weather were the main treats.


I spent some time reviewing Ernst Haeckel’s “Art Forms from the Ocean” thinking about some new designs….



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A Beach Full of Other People’s Trash

On Monday night I cruised a beach on the Yucatan Peninsula looking for dead coral for making texture molds. In the picture below you’ll see some of the pieces I found. And, *look* at all the sea glass I found. I was so excited I had to limit myself to picking up the less common colors.

Sure, I picked up a few dark brown and Heineken green, but look at all the light green and bluish green pieces! Other people’s trash are now my treasures. The ideas for necklaces and rings and bracelets made with these pieces are swimming in my head. I wish I had more time before this weekend’s show so I could make some of them. I’ll let you know when I do and show you some pictures.
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Summer in the City


View of the Cliff House from sea level

There’s nothing like a November day that feels like summer with clear skys and temps in the high 70s and low 80s. 🙂 And, it was on the first day I’ve spent time in this part of Golden Gate Park – right on the beach. Soooo perfect.

Careful!

WPA Murals in the Beach Chalet

A Beach Chalet “Sand Castle”

Some friends, who are fellow jewelry artists, and I visited the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design on Sutter St. We viewed the jewelry exhibits, participated in the toy jewelry / photo exhibit, and made some jewelry out of toys.

Catherine Witherell and her toy jewelry creation


Patrik Kusek and his toy ring


Pat Accorinti and her pipe cleaner and button necklace