SeaGlassSeaham

I have always lived at the coast and enjoyed walking along the beach, it is my happy place where the fresh sea air is good for my soul.

Collecting sea glass began when I spent many happy hours at the beach with my grand daughter. We would often pick up a pebble or seashell to bring home for the garden or to decorate and we began to notice shiny pebbles in the sand. I don't think I had even heard of sea glass before then. We were fascinated by the colours and shapes... the hobby of sea glass collecting had began.

Around that time I had a small business selling hand knitted goods alongside working as a holistic therapist but a frozen shoulder put all this on hold. And, as life twists and turns in the way that it does, I found that when my shoulder had recovered I had developed a creative flair for making pictures from the sea glass we had collected, particularly flowers - I love flowers!

Thus, my new business was born and I love everything to do with it - coming up with new designs, gift wrapping and talking with customers - and best of all, I get to go to the beach as often as I like.

Everything you see has been collected with my own fair hands
with some help from my grand daughter who is now a young woman but still loves to visit the beach with her nana. We
love to share our beach love!

Seaham is home to the famous multi coloured pieces of Sea Glass and I am lucky to live just a 5 minute drive away. So that is 5 minutes from beach to workshop (more commonly known as the kitchen table!).

And pebbles... aren't they just amazing too! They have been around for millennia and each one is a sculpture in its own unique way. Sea glass, with its transparency and lightness and pebbles with their earthiness and solidity are both ways to connect with our inner and outer worlds. Just hold a pebble for a few moments and you will see what I mean.

Seaham, and my home town of Sunderland, was a hive of glassmaking activity over a century ago. From bottles to home decoration, there were glassmakers and bottle works producing the country's best glassware and exporting around the globe. The glass I find today is from the leftovers and breakages of each day's production which was discarded into the river and sea. After being tumbled and smoothed for decades it washes up on Seaham beach and sparkles in the sand when the tide is going out...

Visiting the area? Why not call in to the National Glass Centre or Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. Both of these places have great exhibitions about the history of glassmaking and you can pick up one of my pictures from the gift shop!

Each item is carefully packaged for postage and I minimise the use of plastic by re-using cardboard and other packaging materials where possible.

Thank you for stopping by!