Besides being a coastal kayak instructor, and NDK sea kayak dealer, I am also a fiber arts and jewelry artist. I happen to really love sea glass jewelry. I need to take some classes in casting so that I can set my finds in proper fittings but at this time I practice wire wrapping using sterling or fine silver wire. It is deeply satisfying work. Honest, beautiful pieces that then go to homes were someone will enjoy them.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/266425306/genuine-sea-glass-pendant-sterling
More recently I started selling lots of sea glass. At this point I have more glass then I will use in the next year so I thought maybe some other artists would like to get these pieces for their own work. Here is the text from a typical listing. It will also give my dear reader an idea of what I may be up to on a typical week day.
Listing from my shop:
Genuine Sea Glass from Mason Neck, George Mason estate, Potomac River
**start a convo to have me wrap a piece of glass in sterling silver and create a hand made necklace for you**
These glass pieces have been naturally worn by the action of the tidal Potomac River. Get these now, before I pull them to make jewelry from them. These are the real deal, not created by modern tumblers, nor is it modern era glass.
This lot of glass is very old, thick, worn pieces, as well as pieces that may be more modern but still old, early last century. 25 percent are white pieces, with the rest being pale blue, pale green, and one deep blue piece. This glass is very thick, very old. The Mason Neck has been a wild life preserve for almost half a century. There has been no modern human habitation in this area in a half-century or more.
Details:
Very early 20th century or older
Collected on the shores of the Potomac River, on the Mason Neck, George Mason's estate
All very thick pieces, and one rare deep cobalt blue piece
19 pieces total
Weight 206 grams (7.2 ounces)
To collect this glass I land below the high tide line. I collect trash while also collecting glass. I typically pick up 20 times the amount of trash than the amount of glass. I have to be careful of snakes, which are plenty, hiding under the shore debris. This is one of the more challenging areas to collect with hard slippery cobble landings and crashing wind-blown waves. It is badly in need of trash removal, so it feels really good to get the trash out even if my kayak ends up full of ants and other critters by the end of the day.
In my "other life" I am an expedition sea kayaker. I travel up and down the coast, following the rough water paddling community. I often come upon treasures of the sea and have begun to collect them, when I can do so carefully and honorably. When I collect something I make it my utmost mission to catalog its location of collection as well as any oral history I may be able to collect from local peoples.
Collected by Oona
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