Walk along the shores of Lake Erie and you may find some shells but something even more alluring may sparkle through the sand. Gem-like colors may catch your eye and when you reach down to pick it up, it could be a scarce piece of beach glass shaped by the forces of nature and washed up by mother nature.
Each year beach glass and sea glass becomes harder and harder to find. Especially hard to find are the array of colors once used when making glass. Today's glass vessels are much more limited in their color palette. Lucky beachglass searchers may find some beautiful glass remnants once used by our ancestors. Among the hardest colors to find are red (considered to be the most rare and hardest to find), yellow, and royal blue. Colors more commonly found are green, brown and white(clear). Several other colors fall in the extremely rare categories to the common categories.
People use the collections of beachglass for several things. Some make exquisite jewelry, some study it's origin and try to date it, others enter their collections in exhibitions, and some just collect it, keep it, and enjoy the search. Whatever the reason happens to be that you look or find beachglass, the search always proves to be a very relaxing, peaceful journey along the waters edge.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Beach-or-Sea-Glass
|
TAGS
finding beach glass, lake erie, glass, beachglass, barcelona, jewelry |
