Friendship

by Barbara McMahon

Title

Friendship

Artist

Barbara McMahon

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

The importance of having friends cannot be understated. We coexist despite different colours, nationalities, cultures and beliefs. We come in all sizes and shapes. When one of us are in need we lean on each other, supporting one another and eventually we stand on our own once again.

While I was assembling this miniature sculpture from tiny pieces of seaglass, each piece was fragile and could not stand alone. Each needed the other for support and in doing so the beauty of individuality shone through......with a little help from it's friends.

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.[

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.

Thank you for viewing. Barbara McMahon

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October 9th, 2012

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