Article: Glass menagerie ; Mainers bring nature indoors, using shards of gem-like sea glass in their home decor.

Article: Treasures of the sea
Capital (Annapolis);  August 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Pieces of sea glass sparkle like rare gems when they...kinds of glass and the origin of some pieces of sea glass. They represented a panorama of colors...Persels. "She's given life to the pieces of sea glass." Good luck looking Not to put a...

Article: Sea glass: Turned from trash to treasure
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 2, 2009 ;     698 words ......become its own entity: sea glass. These pieces created by humans for...by the beach hunting sea glass. But what do you look...we've put together this sea glass primer: Pure sea glass consists of pieces that have broken apart...translucent shapes. ...

Article: [ Pieces of sea glass sparkle like rare gems ... ]
Capital (Annapolis);  August 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......THERESA WINSLOW Staff Writer Pieces of sea glass sparkle like rare gems when...glass and the origin of some pieces of sea glass. They represented a panorama...She's given life to the pieces of sea glass." Good luck looking Not to...

Article: Look What the Tide Brought In; Sea Glass, Once Just a Bottle, Is Riding a Whole New Wave
The Washington Post;  August 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ......from the sea. "Pure Sea Glass," by Chestertown...for the elusive pieces of the past. After...something of a cult of sea glass groupies who fill...fistfuls of glass, some pieces dating back generations...memories of collecting sea glass," says LaMotte...decided to ...

Article: OLD GLASS SEASONED BY SEA HIGHLY TREASURED.(At Home)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the new book Pure Sea Glass. LaMotte, 45, spent...for the elusive pieces of the past. After...something of a cult of sea-glass groupies who fill...fistfuls of glass, some pieces dating back generations...memories of collecting sea glass, LaMotte says. It...decided to ...

Article: Head to the Shore
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......copies of "Pure Sea Glass." He has seen single pieces of red sea glass sell as much as...to identify rare pieces. "That's the number...they are buying sea glass," he said, explaining...to identify rare pieces is not the only thing that has made sea ...

Article: Sea glass treasure ; Writer taps into the world of those who comb the beaches for colored jewels.
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Sea glass treasure ; Writer taps into the world...introduces readers to the world of serious sea glass collectors. These men and women, many...Maine, are driven by their attraction to sea glass and other treasures of the deep. They...

Article: CRAFTING AID ; Hull woman creates sea glass jewelry, donates money to Autism Speaks
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  July 5, 2008 ;     529 words ......estimated it's 10,000 pieces," Cohen said of the frosty sea glass she and Irwin...have found less sea glass since the '70s. "If you get 10 pieces on a beach walk...North American Sea Glass Association...transforms larger pieces, about one-inch...

Article: A glass act Down East jewelry maker mines the gems of time and tide
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  September 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......that red and citron sea glass are the most rare...all light purple pieces were white at one...change the tint. Red sea glass is found only once for every 5,000 pieces found, while the rarest of all sea glass, orange, can be...once every 10,000 pieces. "Black" ...

Article: SEA GLASS LOVERS CLING TO RARE FINDS
The Boston Globe;  July 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the 2001 book, "Sea Glass Chronicles: Whispers...Lambert said. "These pieces have this romance...who searches for sea glass at local beaches...vase filled with pieces in her bathroom...jewelers use real sea glass, opting instead...Times looking for sea ...

Article: Cape Cod, Mass.-Area Tourists Find Less Sea Glass, Cleaner Environment.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the 2001 book, Sea Glass Chronicles: Whispers...Lambert said. These pieces have this romance...who searches for sea glass at local beaches...vase filled with pieces in her bathroom...jewelers use real sea glass, opting instead...Times looking for sea ...

Article: Author tells sea glass story
Capital (Annapolis);  January 17, 2005 ;     592 words ......writing and publishing "Pure Sea Glass," a new historic, aesthetic...scientific perspective on sea glass, to students at Central...the most common color of sea glass?" "What is the shape of sea glass?" "What is a snuff box...collected on the beach, and her pieces ...

Article: Founding a business in lost objects Hingham women use sea glass, other items in their art
The Boston Globe;  October 29, 2006 ;     682 words ......objects - not only sea glass, but also ceramic and pottery pieces. "We had a lot of...ceramic and pottery pieces and small items...create art using sea glass, too. At the time...expanded from small pieces to much larger on...was a wave- shaped sea-glass wall ...

Article: Commentary: How a bay cleanup project removed one kind of junk and replaced it with another
NPR All Things Considered;  May 9, 2001 ;     540 words ......midday, looking for sea glass, before the summer...cleaned the beach of any sea glass and left behind a...butter jar full of sea glass they' d collected over time. Pieces of colored glass ground...of every cottage. Sea glass was pressed into the...sailors. But ...