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I’ve purchased some handmade glass cabochons, but before they arrive I have to practice wrapping the cabochons. The trick is to make them look different than 99% of wrapped cabochons you can see online. I’ve practiced on a piece of sea glass I had collected some time ago on a beach near my home, and made it look my way. Please don’t copy.
Do you know why brown sea glass is so difficult to find, despite that brown glass bottles are so common? It’s because it’s so similar to the pebbles and it usually lies between them.
Also, the pieces that I’ve found so far have a different structure than clear and green sea glass, the brown ones are more porous.
The great thing is that brown sea glass also resembles amber in colour. That’s why I used some genuine amber beads in this pendant – the colour was so similar, and they looked so good together. The tiny freshwater pearls only emphasize the watery origin of the whole piece.
I’ve never come across sea pottery that was purple :o
Also, some new pieces of sea glass (I’ve got more, these are just the most interesting ones)
I wasn’t sure if pieces of pottery that don’t have smooth edges can be used for jewellery. Typical sea glass is much more pretty and more decorative than just an ordinary piece of glass, which is basically junk, but pottery has decorations and some pieces I found are really interesting, although maybe two of them only have smooth edges. I thought I’d give it a try, and tried to match a piece of pottery with clear piece of sea glass. I was quite happy with the result, although it came out somewhat neutral in tone. Perhaps that’s not bad at all.
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http://picasaweb.google.pl/ukapala/BeadsAndSupplies#5514591879172485538Av
Making more and more of these, having a dilemma whether to keep one or two of them for myself or not… This one was supposed to be another vitrail along with a clear piece of seaglass. That didn’t go very well, but fortunately I had some pearls and seed beads to save the piece. I’m quite happy with the result :)
