"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came." J.F.K.Whether an ocean lover, a nature adventurer or an archaeologist, the hunt for sea glass speaks to many of us. Is it simply beach combing? Is it hiking? Is it artifact digging? Perhaps it is something of all of these and more. I have spent a lifetime along the sea. I have found myself there, gazing horizon-ward on days when nothing else seemed to make sense. I have walked along the shore, I've sailed there, sang there and met storms there.
Sea glass too is a remnant of sorts. A rough and discarded shard; once useful, yet broken and tossed to the depths. Nature over time, wind-sweeps us back and forth with the tide. And along a journey. Perhaps the beauty we find in collecting it comes from a bit of our own journey.
This deep lavender was photographed after an all day hike along one of Hawaii's southernmost shores. The journey was at a beautiful place but the act of discovering too was magical. And the pieces found each had their own beauty also.
Once our finds are brought home. They are poured out, their beauty is admired, the glass is washed gently and sorted by color. Most collectors find the beauty in sea glass in both the hunting experience and in the displaying of it in a collection.
I sort by color or smoothness and always categorize my glass according to where on this planet I found it (Pacific, Caribbean, Greece etc.). Some collectors even create beautiful works of art with their historic glass shards.
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