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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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Sea Glass at the Beach, Part 1

Harbor, sunken ship, sea glass
Harbor where the workers still encourage sea glass production

In this Mexican harbor I found so many pieces of broken bottle glass that my pockets were full.

Glass found at a working harbor
Glass found at a working harbor

Notice the high percentage of jagged glass; that means the harbor workers are throwing bottles into the ocean. I’d like to go back in a few years and see how much tumbled sea glass is there and if the harbor has a new policy about trash disposal.

Sea Glass and Driftwood
Sea Glass and Driftwood

Beaches with a lot of drift wood and glass are great for photo opportunities. And, of course for collecting.

Sea glass finds in Northern California
Sea glass found in Northern California
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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.