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| Some of my favorite sea glass treasures |
Glass has always fascinated me. I understand that it’s a liquid, a very slow moving one, and windows that are hundreds of years old are marginally thicker now at the bottom.
It’s an ancient manufacturing art and has
been highly useful for the human race. And I recently read an article saying that in
some areas there’s been a return to milk delivery in glass bottles, as a way to
reduce plastic use and lighten the burden on the environment.
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| As you can see from the black paws, the cat was also interested in my rainbow of glass - you can see his incredibly long whiskers in the picture |
This slowly moving liquid is not only highly useful, it’s also beautiful. I love collecting glass on the beach and have even been lucky enough to find a few bottle stoppers and odd bits. Sea glass is harder and harder to find, since they’ve rightly stopped dumping garbage in the ocean.
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| I understand that vaporized silver is sometimes used to create an interesting effect |
Ironically, of course, the glass I love on the beach really is yesterday’s trash. Glass is probably the only humanus trashicus (as I called it as a kid) that becomes beautiful through time and the movement of water.
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| This marble (owned by fellow writer, Julianna Morris, whose first Harlequin Heartwarming will be released in July 2020) was made to include a jelly fish |
From dichroic glass to milk bottles to vases to marbles, the workers in glass are doing amazing things.
A while back I attended my third marble show, so I thought I’d post a few pictures of some new marbles (I also shared some in a previous blog post).
The cat was
interested in them as well, so I had to watch to make sure they didn’t hit the
ground. I’ve considered taking classes
in making marbles, but I’ve resisted so far, since it would take more time away
from the computer.
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| He'd have rolled it off if I'd given him the chance |
So interesting! Thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI have so many interests that it's hard to keep up with them and still write.
DeleteThose are beautiful images. Thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The marbles are hard to really capture, since my limited camera equipment can't take you into the journey inside. Some marbles look as if their many times deeper than they actually are.
DeleteSomething beautiful to look at on this dreary gray day here in Toronto. Thanks Callie. My brother and I collected marbles as kids and my favorite ones we called cats eyes, cause that’s exactly what they looked like.
ReplyDeleteI always loved cats eyes too, and have a number of those I've picked up through the years (including a couple I found on the beach). I happened on this new form of marble some years ago. They're made from a material they say is like Pyrex, so they're much harder than regular glass and it's a good thing, because at the marble show, one dropped and bounced several time on a cement floor and didn't chip. It's no guarantee, but they seem to be more durable. I also like the fact that they take less space than some things I could get! Hope your tomorrow is less dreary!
DeleteI love interesting glass shapes! Thanks for these lovely photos. And I love your cat!
ReplyDeleteHe just couldn't stand it when he saw I was taking pictures of those interesting round things. He had to be involved I had some on the table a few weeks ago and suddenly they were scattered on the floor. Fortunately, they were too small to go down the heat register!
DeleteGlass is a liquid? I did not know that. Your pictures are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yeah, it amazes me, too, that glass is officially a liquid, but that's what I read.
ReplyDeleteAs reported by Stanford Medical, It's indeed the ONLY reason women in this country get to live 10 years more and weigh 42 pounds lighter than we do.
ReplyDelete(By the way, it is not about genetics or some secret-exercise and EVERYTHING about "how" they eat.)
BTW, I said "HOW", and not "what"...
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