One of the more fascinating aspects of living near a large body of water is looking at what washes up onshore.  A few years ago, I was walking along the Pacific Ocean with my sister at Olympic National Park near Seattle.  My eagle-eyed sister spotted a globe-shaped piece of glass washing ashore.  The floating sphere turned out to be a floatation device used by Japanese fishermen to hold up their nets.  God only knows how long it had been floating on the high seas.

Although slightly less romantic, beach glass washes up along the Lake Erie shore constantly.  It might begin as a piece of an old piece of dishware or bottle, but it ends up becoming an interestingly rounded bit of local ephemera.  An artist named Jodie in Pennsylvania has created a business by creating art jewelry from these pieces of Lake Erie beach glass.  I wonder if any local artists have tried to do this?

http://lakeeriebeachglass.blogspot.com/2008/11/lake-erie-brings-us-more-than-just.html

Note: The image above comes from Jodie’s site.  Be sure to click through and check out the pieces available for purchase.

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