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The book provides tremendous detail on all aspects of identifying sea glass, its historical significance, ways to assess rarity, the most advantageous locations and times to find it. The reader is also introduced to the science of how sea glass develops its uniquely frosted patina. This brings to light the fact that pure sea glass truly does become a gem when it develops crystalline formations on its surface. A color rating scale is included that is based on an intensive study of over 30,000 pieces of sea glass. This will help others discover how rare each piece is within their own collection. A comprehensive assemblage of antique bottles and tableware will educate the reader while paying tribute to the great American glass industry prior to its entry into mass-production.
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http://www.homerhickam.com/ THE KEEPER'S SON is a lively tale of love and redemption (and sea glass plays a major role) set on Killakeet Island of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Dominating the glorious beauty of the little island is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, kept for generations by the Thurlow family. Seventeen years after the loss of the keeper's youngest son at sea, Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow still searches for his baby brother even after German U-boats arrive to soak the beaches with blood. Dosie Crossan, a lusty young woman in love with love, must decide between Josh and her own self-respect while fighting her own war against the invaders. The strands of the story - inexplicable loss, the sometimes strange pathways of love, a plan of hideous murder, the unyielding nature of Providence - are wound ever tighter until the stunning and astonishing final chapter.
By Lisa D Walker This book is a compilation of the fascinating history and the jeweled yet fragile present, of a beach located in Fort Bragg, California, called Glass Beach. A haven for sea glass collectors everywhere, the inspiration for writing this book came from the author's experiences within the network at www.seaglasslovers.ning.com , where she discovered an amazing array of people who shared and increased her own near-obsession with sea glass. The author has had a life long love of birds and the outdoors. Photography seemed like a great idea during physical therapy, and so, she began carrying a camera around with her everywhere she would hike, rock climb, beach comb and wildlife watch. Over 5000 photos later and she finally decided to put some together in a book to share. Her knowledge of flora and fauna has earned her such jobs as naturalist, writer, and artist. She's been a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator, taking in many different species of birds and mammals spanning the years from 1986-2003. Currently she resides on the northern California coast with her son, five birds and hundreds of books, dividing her time between reading, writing, photography, and walking, with her church-related work as secretary, clerk, worship leader, and soup kitchen director. . .
by C. S. Lambert, Pat Hanbery (Photographer) Reveals the often overlooked treasures that roll up on beaches worldwide. From glass shards, which resemble sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and diamonds to ceramic fragments, which depict miniature pastoral scenes to tiny porcelain faces, legs, and other early doll parts this book offers the reader an unforgettable day at the beach. Extraordinary photographs illustrate this well researched, beautifully written account of a unique perspective of civilization.
by Anne W. Dodd (Editor), Mary Beth Owens (Illustrator) While exploring the beach near her childhood home, Nana and her granddaughter find a piece of ruby-red sea glass, which Nana believes was once a jagged shard from a vase she broke as a child. The sentimental, wordy story plods along, accompanied by realistic watercolor paintings of the sun soaked seashore. A note about sea glass and instructions for making a sun catcher are appended. |
by Anita Shreve (Author) From Publishers Weekly This somewhat labored story of Nicole and her grandmother is nonetheless chock-full of visual pleasures. Owens's (The Caribou Alphabet) panoramic scenes of Nicole and Nana searching for sea glass will appeal to ocean lovers and may well lure a few newcomers to Maine's breathtaking coast. Unfortunately, the lengthy text is excessively mannered and the plot-within-a-plot needlessly complicated. After a prolonged lead-in filled with Nana's memories, the book's central flashback story is triggered by a piece of smooth red sea glass the woman finds on the beach. She tells Nicole a story about how she accidentally broke an heirloom red glass vase and threw the broken shards into the sea to hide them. Despite an occasional pleasing image, Nana's speeches often overemphasize the book's themes ("This red glass is frosted now, and I can't see through it. It can't give us the rose-colored world I saw through the magical red vase. Yet the sun makes it glow in a wonderful new way"). Owens's watercolors, drenched in summer sunlight, portray the warm relationship between Nicole and her grandmother--and go a long way to ameliorate the strained tone of the text. All ages. (Dec.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
The Tao Of Beach Glass |
by Michael J. Vaughn, John P. Rutledge (Editor) Book Description A painful break-up/break-down chases high-tech marketing wiz Sandy Lowiltry from her Silicon Valley home. She comes to rest on the Oregon Coast, where she seeks solace in the opera-themed sanctuary of the Hotel Bel Canto and the arms of a handsome eccentric who spends his days combing the beach for sea glass. Sandy soon learns what the tourist ladies already know - it's easy to fall for Frosted Glass Man. Besides great sex and alarmingly intricate campsite cuisine, Frosty offers do-it-yourself mythologies that would melt even the coldest heart. But will it be enough to quiet the whisper of ambition, the voice inside Sandy's head that chides her for settling? Will she really leave behind Silicon Valley for love in such a strange package? |
Sea Glass Secrets by Valerie Raudonis For decades, Valerie Raudonis has walked ocean beaches collecting sea glass, wondering about their origins and what tales they could tell if only they would reveal themselves to her. In this, her first volume of poetry, the poet offers some revelations and provocative pieces for readers to discover their own Sea Glass Secrets. |
Some people's passion for sea glass goes beyond collecting--they use it to create something of beauty. Carole Lambert, author of Sea Glass Chronicles, gives us entree into the studios of those who do everything from gathering and amassing sea glass mulch for landscaping to designing stained-sea-glass windows. This volume will arouse a renewed sense of wonder in those who already possess a passion for sea glass and win legions of new sea-glass devotees. About the Author C. S. Lambert has scanned the shores of five continents over two decades to satisfy her passion for sea glass. She has also been an editor and contributing writer for numerous magazines and newspapers. She lives in Camden, Maine. |
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A heart stone is one of nature's gifts. Heart stones are not rare or precious in the typical sense--a good scour of a beach with any stones at all will usually turn up one or two heart-shaped stones. But heart stones, lifted from their obscurity, with all of their cracks and blemishes, lopsided and imperfect, are simply the best find on any beach. Beachcombers collect them, keep them as talismans, and give them to friends and lovers. About the Author Josie Iselin is a photographer and installation artist. She holds a Bachelors degree from Harvard in Visual and Environmental Studies. Although her training is in traditional photography, she now uses a flatbed scanner and a computer, exclusively, to produce images. Her work has been exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Intersection for the Arts, SF Camerawork, and art galleries in and around San Francisco, where she lives. She is the creator of Beach Stones , Leaves and Pods , and Seashells , all published by Abrams. |
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Where does it all come from? From tennis shoes, gold doubloons, and rubber ducks to ambergris, seedpods, and dead whales, the ocean gives up many curious prizes. In Washed Up, author Skye Moody walks the coast, dons her wet suit, and heads out to sea to understand the mysterious debris that accrues along the tide line. She finds advanced military technology applied to locating buried Rolexes, hardcore competitive beachcombing conventions, isolated beach communities, and learns about the Pacific Garbage Patch, a 200-mile swirl of current that holds everything from car parts to basketballs to kilos of heroin. Like the best walks down the beach, Washed Up pauses for shiny objects and colorful people and gives inspiration to both budding and seasoned treasure hunters. |
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A Beachcombers Odessy -
by S. Deacon Ritterbush (Author), Megan Elyse Lloyd (Photographer), Celia Pearson
Gold Medal winner in the Independent Publishers 2009 Living Now "Books for Better Living" (Collecting/Hobbies), awarded Honorable Mention by the Eric Hoffer Society for most Inspirational/Spiritual Book of 2009 and shortlisted for the da Vinci Eye Medal for Cover of the Year, A Beachcomber's Odyssey is a beach book like no other. 19 Beaches. 19 Life Lessons. 19 Beach Treasures. 34 amazing full color photos of sea glass and fossils, shells, pottery shards, driftwood, fishing floats and more.... With end quotes by Shannon Brownlee and Richard LaMotte, this first beachlog by Dr. Beachcomb offers up treasures for the pocket, the spirit and the soul. Stroll along shorelines from Nantucket, Chesapeake Bay and the Jersey shore to Hawaii, Samoa, Scotland and Jamaica and discover beautiful beach treasures, soothing life lessons, and fascinating history and science facts. Discover the secret to patience. How to rekindle hope or calm the mind. Where the real Treasure Island is. Where time begins. When, how and where to beachcomb. Similar to her drbeachcomb website, Dr. Ritterbushs book re-awakens a sense of wonder in nature and in your own journey through life. Guaranteed to make you want to forgo the malls and head outside to explore you own special place in nature. The perfect hostess gift, coffee table book, winter bedside companion or summer beach read, this book is a natural prescription for happiness in any season at the shore. |
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