Sea Glass Jewelry: Create Beautiful and Unique Designs from Beach-Found Treasures

by Lindsay Furber, Mary Beth Beuke

Overview

Learn how to create beautiful, DIY gifts from the sea with this step-by-step guide to collecting and repurposing sea glass into stunning necklaces, rings, earrings, and other pieces of jewelry.

Gather beautiful beach glass with its mysterious ocean-tumbled shapes and rainbow of bright hues. Add your personal creativity and some basic jewelry making techniques. Enjoy your stunning, wearable, one-of-a-kind keepsakes!

With gorgeous color photographs and step-by-step instructions, this book teaches the essential skills, like drilling glass, wire wrapping, and texturing metal, to turn your beach-found bounty into attractive accessories, including:

• Adorable bracelets
• Stylish pendants
• Sparkly earrings
• Eye-catching rings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612433035
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	846,531
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lindsay Furber
Although born in the Midwest, Lindsay Furber has lived in Washington State most of her life, prompting a love of the ocean at an early age. She recalls hours spent beachcombing along the seashore, and even now finds water a soothing place to relax. Her sea glass jewelry has been featured in several publications, including Coastal Living magazine and the Seattle Times, and is sold in more than 50 stores around the world. When not partaking of the sea glass world, Lindsay treasures time in the garden with her young son and an exuberant mutt. She also delights in exploring the world around her through photography.

Mary Beth Beuke is a native of the Pacific coast who spent much of her childhood beachcombing. She is the owner of West Coast Sea Glass, specializing in jewelry made of genuine, handpicked, high quality sea glass from all over the world. Recently featured on The Travel Channel, and in National Geographic and Coastal Living magazine, Beuke was president of the North American Sea Glass Assoc. from 2006-2010. She works out of two studios along Washington State's Puget Sound. She sells her creations in over 40 galleries and shows. She can found at westcoastseaglass.com. She lives in Sequim, WA.