Blue
by Barbara McMahon
Title
Blue
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A single gorgeous blue marble which has been churned by the sea against a silvery grey boket background.. The sunlight shines through making the beautiful turquoise glow. Credit for the collection of this beautiful seaglass belongs to my daughter, Jennifer McMahon. She beachcombs when time permits and has the eye of an eagle to spot the tiny pieces.
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.
Featured in the following FAA groups:
Polish Photographers Platform 04/05/18
Less Is More 12/02/18
RED MAPLE GALLERY 02/13/21
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March 31st, 2018
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Comments (27)
Sharon Popek
Congratulations on your first place win in the Minimalism Contest sponsored by the Weekly Photography Challenge Group!
Jurgen Lorenzen
Fantastic composition, Barbara, congratulations on your win in the MINIMALISM contest!
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Barbara, on your 1st Place Win in the Weekly Photography Challenge - Minimalism Contest. What a beautiful photograph! Voted.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE MINIMALISM contest!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Maria for the feature in the RED MAPLE GALLERY group! Much appreciated.
Barbara McMahon
Thank you to the buyer from Norwich Connecticut for your purchase of a 1000 piece puzzle! I'm sure that this image will give you hours of fun to reassemble. Great choice! Sincerely, Barbara McMahon
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture and stunning artwork! Congratulations on your winning 3rd place in the contest! Fl
Warren Kaplan
Honorable mention in the December '18 Less is More group image contest. Congrats, Barbara!