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02/14/2023 16:10
By Maggie Miles | Outer Banks Voice on February 14,...
01/01/2023 13:00
One of the enduring attractions of sea glass is our fascination with sea glass colors. A casual walk on the beach can quickly turn into a most memorable day if you happen to spot a piece of ultra rare red sea glass.
The study of sea glass colors and their status on the sea glass rarity scale...
10/01/2022 12:00
Kick off the holiday shopping season and relish in the return of the Great Lakes Beach Glass & Arts Festival in Erie, Pennsylvania.
From California and Florida to Nova Scotia, artists from around the country and beyond are bringing their...
05/06/2022 00:00
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Posted at 4:30 AM, May 06, 2022 and last updated 12:04 PM, May 05,...
05/02/2022 05:42
FAR & WIDE: By Meagan Drillinger, updated on May 2, 2022
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In a dump, used glass soda bottles are a toxic eyesore. But when rolled and softened by the waves, then spit out onto a shore, they become something extraordinary: colored pieces of...
08/22/2021 12:50
...Just where do the colors of beach glass come from? Sea Glass is simply old glass products that were thrown into the sea, But, "Sea Glass is JUST GLASS, like Diamonds are JUST ROCKS"
It takes decades for broken glass to "become" sea glass.
If you think about it, the common colors of sea glass,...
07/21/2021 12:20
The Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival, in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, will be hosting several Sea Glass Sundays over the next two months, featuring handmade, ocean-themed art and jewelry. These Sunday events will be held in lieu of the typical festival, which will not...
06/21/2021 10:15
By Debra Herrick
Sep 18, 2019
Updated
Jun 21, 2021
Q&A with Mary McCarthy, featured speaker at SB Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival
The sea glass hunting obsession comes with its fair share of mystery. How old is this smoothed gem? Why...
03/16/2021 09:39
Like a stalking predator hearing movement in the bushes, Linda Starling froze, her senses perched on a hair trigger. At first, the only obvious sound along this sandy stretch of shoreline was the dull rumble of jets idling on the runway across the Chesapeake Bay at Naval Air Station Patuxent...
03/10/2021 05:29
By: Julio Avila
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - You will find lots of glass at Chesapeake Bay Distillery, but you will also find a different kind of glass - sea glass.
"Because of COVID, it was a...
