This represents 280g of rubbish – residue of bottles and glass thrown into the sea or brought downstream with the flowing river.
The tide, the waves and the salt have combined to leave their mark – breaking the glass into small pieces; blunting the edges; and, discolouring the clarity of the glass. They have transformed them into seaglass.
The tide, the waves and the salt have combined to leave their mark – breaking the glass into small pieces; blunting the edges; and, discolouring the clarity of the glass. They have transformed them into seaglass.
Seaglass
These were collected on a bright clear Bank Holiday Monday morning in less than one hour on a small part of a beach – no longer than 20m/60ft. It was the greatest return of seaglass that we have ever had.
I suspect that one’s first impression upon viewing the haul depends on one’s particular perspective.
The hydrodynamic expert, or Marine Engineer, may raise an eyebrow at how the harbour distributes such a large amount in one concentrated location.
The marketing guru may be tempted to try a different colour bottle for the next new brand of gin or vodka to be launched – maybe not a unique selling point, but not a ‘same as all the others’ selling point.
The environmentalist may have conflicting emotions. There may be happiness at removing what was rubbish from the beach. This may conflict with regret at stopping the ultimate recycling process when the glass might return to sand.
The mosaic artist and the statistician are likely to have even further considerations.
I suspect that one’s first impression upon viewing the haul depends on one’s particular perspective.
The hydrodynamic expert, or Marine Engineer, may raise an eyebrow at how the harbour distributes such a large amount in one concentrated location.
The marketing guru may be tempted to try a different colour bottle for the next new brand of gin or vodka to be launched – maybe not a unique selling point, but not a ‘same as all the others’ selling point.
The environmentalist may have conflicting emotions. There may be happiness at removing what was rubbish from the beach. This may conflict with regret at stopping the ultimate recycling process when the glass might return to sand.
The mosaic artist and the statistician are likely to have even further considerations.
 Best Buds |  Family Tree |
Our first impression was not any of the above. It was joy that had found so much treasure, and, that there would be very many art pieces made using that amount of glass.
Impressions were quickly replaced with shouts of ‘found a brown one’ or ‘got a big piece’. The dogs walked themselves.
Beach. Weather. Family fun. We left happy.
Impressions were quickly replaced with shouts of ‘found a brown one’ or ‘got a big piece’. The dogs walked themselves.
Beach. Weather. Family fun. We left happy.
