Every piece of sea glass has a story − but sea glass could be on the decline. Olga Pankova/Moment When you stroll along a beach, you may look down and spot colorful bits of worn glass mixed in with ...

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines, but ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

If you ever stumble upon a smooth piece of colored rock when shell-searching at the beaches, you may have discovered some sea glass. The trash-to-treasure beach find has collected quite a following ...

If you’re anything like me, you love everything to do with the beach. The thing I love the most is beachcombing and collecting natural treasures that the ocean has unexpectedly swept onto the coast.

Nancy LaMotte's eyes are a clear blue-green, the color of antique Coca-Cola bottles, but brighter. She scans the sand at her feet: gritty knots of seaweed, smashed oyster shells, driftwood – wait!

Thanks to the constant movement of the ocean, the pressure from tides and the abrasiveness of sand, broken shards of glass — essentially trash — eventually become lovely, soft-edged pieces of frosted ...

Alison Monger has spent several decades combing the beaches of the South Shore for sea glass and the last few years making art with it. It started as a cathartic way to spend her free time after her ...

Some believe they are mermaids — half woman, half fish — fairies of the sea. The Greek god Neptune, the controller of winds and storms, ruled the sea in tales of old. Mermaids were his maidens. If a ...

Sea glass enthusiasts, the Jersey Shore's got you covered. With many old hotels around the Shore, glass-making factories, historic shipwrecks and New York City a few miles north, the Jersey Shore has ...

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Come on down to Pilgrim's Way Community Bookstore & Secret Garden as they present a Meet & Greet with Krista Hammond. Owner of Santa Cruz Sea Glass, Krista Hammond is also the author of Santa Cruz Sea ...