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November 27th 2008
Love Cornwall x
'Gwedren an Mor' literally means glass from the sea in Cornish, a language which has had a recent revival in Cornwall. This is a lovely chunky forged sterling silver circle hung with a purest white rounded nugget of sea glass. Available with 18 or 16 inch sterling silver smooth snake chain.
November 19th 2008
Winter sea gems - new designs
Sterling silver forged and stamped ring pendant. "Marazion" - beautiful beach, beautiful name, where I found this sweet, perfect nugget of green sea glass.
Like the Mermaid earrings, only shorter.
Photographed in some bonus winter sunshine.
Sea glass drops (teeth?). Drilled and wrapped in thin sterling siver wire.
October 30th 2008
Autumn Greens
As I was packing these up to post out to a lovely (returning) customer, I thought I'd take a few pictures, because I just really love these. The different shades of greens are great, and they catch the last of the garden's autumn sun so well.
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Going green, and gorgeous.
24/10/2008
Glasswing's designer maker, Kate Laity is continuing to develop her range of simple forged sterling silver jewellery using sea glass she has combed from the beautiful beaches of Cornwall in the UK where she lives. This season is all about sustainable luxury - and Glasswing's collection of glowing glass gems from the sea, some of them more than 100 years old, salvaged, polished then lovingly drilled, hung and set in 925 sterling silver certainly fit the bill. Look out for Glasswing's new collection of pendants and cufflinks, due to go on sale in time for Christmas. If you are looking for something unique, why not contact Kate who would be delighted to work on a special commission.
October 1st 2008
Autumn Blues
Sail Boat in Penzance Bay
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Friday, August 29, 2008
glasswing jewellery - seaglass meets butterflies
by Maureen @ 9:56 am 1 comment »
I don't know if you've ever touched seaglass but its smooth surface feels quite soothing.
Check out Cornwall UK-based artist, Kate Laity's beautiful, handmade sterling silver jewelry made from two recycled materials — seaglass and silver, as well as her beaded butterflies and forged silver rings. The designer's cool collections are flavored by a fusion of the windblown natural beauty of her native West Cornwall, and her background and family heritage as a blacksmith.
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I really like her lightly textured rings! And the sea glass, of course.
Gail
July 17th 2008
Sea Glass Jewellery
There's nothing quite like the gentle glow of a piece of sea glass. It is the chemical changes that occur whilst the glass is tumbled against rocks, sand and seashells in the salty ocean that make the glass glow in that unique way.
These earrings combine sea glass and recycled glass, the latter I have salvaged myself from bottles and jars we have used at home. I have tumbled them in my trusty rock tumbler, a giant piece of engineering that I imagine was the height of technology at the time (? 1970's) for the serious lapidary hobbyist. The contrast is noticable between the sea glass and the recycled glass.
Seaglass and recycled glass sterling silver stack earrings( seaglass found on St Ives Harbour beach)
Seaglass and silver spiral hoops(seaglass found on Pentewan beach)
Mermaid's seaglass earrings
(Seaglass found on St Ives Harbour beach)
As sea glass becomes ever rarer, and the interest in upcycling and found objects means that its use in jewellery becomes more popular, some companies are 'manufacturing' sea glass, and passing it off as such, using tumbling techniques. Recycled glass is obviously beautiful in it's own right, however if you are keen to own a genuine piece of sea glass, it is important when buying to determine that you are buying the real thing. Many of the really special pieces can be over a hundred years old, discarded during another era, and painstakingly combed from the beaches after decades of smoothing in the deep, with all its history and magic evident in the sea glass glow.