A Beautiful Light Created From Sand
by Barbara McMahon
Title
A Beautiful Light Created From Sand
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A sculpture of beautiful green and yellow beach glass resting on a sandy beach.
Credit for the collection of this beautiful sea glass belongs to my daughter, Jennifer McMahon. She beachcombs when time permits and has the eye of an eagle to spot the tiny pieces. The little blue piece on top is approximately .25 cm. long.
Purple sea glass is very uncommon, as is citron, opaque white (from milk glass), cobalt and cornflower blue (from early Milk of Magnesia bottles, poison bottles, artwork, and Bromo-Seltzer and Vicks VapoRub containers), and aqua (from Ball Mason jars and 19th century glass bottles). These colors are found once for every 200 to 1,000 pieces found.
The most common colors of sea glass are kelly green, brown, white(clear), and purple(clear). These colors come from bottles used by companies that sell beer, juices, and soft drinks. The clear or white glass comes from clear plates and glasses, windshields, windows, and assorted other sources.
Less common colors include jade, amber (from bottles for whiskey, medicine, spirits, and early bleach bottles), golden amber or amberina (mostly used for spirit bottles), lime green (from soda bottles during the 1960s), forest green, and ice- or soft blue (from soda bottles, medicine bottles, ink bottles, and fruit jars from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, windows, and windshields). These colors are found about once for every 25 to 100 pieces of sea glass found.
Uncommon colors of sea glass include a type of green, which comes primarily from early to mid-1900s Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, and RC Cola bottles as well as beer bottles. Soft green colors could come from bottles that were used for ink, fruit, and baking soda. These colors are found once in every 50 to 100 pieces
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June 23rd, 2014
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Comments (2)
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Barbara, Congratulations on your Featured Image in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery !
Randy Rosenberger
What a fine piece of artwork for me to proudly display on our Featured Artwork section of our Homepage, within our family of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. Liked! It is truly an honor to showcase your talents and beautiful artworks within our site. I am proud to display this fine piece of beauty you have created for us to enjoy and share with others. LIKED Forever, Elvis
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Randy Rosenberger for featuring "A Beautiful Light Created From Sand" in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! I very much appreciate your kindness.