Seaglass

Seaglass Hunting at Conwy Morfa

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Once again I have been over to Conwy Morfa to go sea glass hunting! So far I have not been disappointed with a trip over to my local beach and I always manage to find some really amazing pieces.

I always intend to create something creative with the pieces I find but I still don’t have my drill up here with me so cannot create any new jewellery, but I might look into creating some cute frames.

Last time I went seaglass hunting I found some really nice pieces of both seaglass and pottery. Unfortunately I didn’t find any uranium glass (which I have found here before) but I did find some cute blues!

I like the beach at Conwy Morfa as it is always changing. The tides change the beach each time I visit with there being either more sand and less shingle or vice versa, unfortunantly for me the shingle is the best place to find seaglass and pottery. The reason there is so much of it at Conwy Morfa is due to the old Victorian tip that was located at the site, as the sand dunes move so does the tip and it releases all of the treasures into the sea!

Quite often when I am beach combing I will also pick up trash as well, small bits of plastic and what not but I must admit Conwy Morfa is pretty clean when it comes to modern day trash!

Anyway, I am looking forwards to the next seaglass adventure.

Thanks for reading!

Meg!

Seaglass hunting In North Wales

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Since moving to North Wales I have been able to go sea glass hunting regularly as there is a fantastic sea glass beach just a 10 minute drive from my house. I had heard about Conwy Morfa when I studied in Bangor but I had not managed to get over to the beach until I moved back to Wales again and my new house mate reccommended a fish and chip shop in conwy and take them to conwy morfa to eat them. Honestly it was the best idea as the views are absoloutly stunning from the morfa.

The Great Orme, Llandudno, from Conwy Morfa.

I have been seaglass hunting quite a few times now, and I have quite a few seaglass hunting videos up on my youtube channel With new ones gong up all the time! https://youtu.be/YJoaPfpGoJI

I often go exploring by myself as I can meander down the beach at a very slow pace just looking amongst the stones to see what I can find. I actually just visited the beach today for some sea glass hunting, I didn’t find very much as I didn’t realise how high the tide came up when it was in and by the time I got there the tide was almost in. I did manage to find a purple piece though which was pretty cool!

I really like sea glass hunting at Conwy Morfa as they have quite a few different colours, they have the normal greens browns and clears but they also have seafoam, different shades of light green and blue and they are all very pretty and I like to pick them up because they are different. I always seem to have success when I am at the Morfa and I have found lots of normal coloured glass as well as marbles, ceramic arms and chicken heads, reds, pinks, purples and blues but my favourites is the uranium glass which glows under UV light!

I am hoping to get back to the beach for some more sea glass hunting but also because I want to film another video. I might head back over there tomorrow if I get a chance but we will see what the weather is doing. Anyway, check out my sea glass hunting videos on youtube! Thanks for reading,

Meg xxx

Seaglass Hunting

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These past couple of weeks staying in Combe Martin have been brilliant, I now have a whole shoe box filled with sea glass for me to create some beautiful pieces with.

I have really enjoyed collecting sea glass especially as I ended up getting my whole family into it. My mum thought it was therapeutic, my sister wanted to fill up a jar and my dad was doing it to give his treasures to my mum because it made her happy.

From getting excited about finding the tiny blue bits to finding a whole chonky bottle neck we all had a great time.

I was happy because I got to spend time on the beach and this way I spent my time doing something I loved.

The thing I loved about sea glass hunting is how random strangers would ask me what I was doing and why and I would tell them I made it into jewellery and they would comment on how smart that was. Or when a few children would copy me and pick up the sea glass only to be told they couldn’t keep it so they would help me fill up my finding bag. It was so cute and brought a big smile to my face.

I cannot wait to make and create some new sea glass pieces but for now here are some that are available to purchase on my crafty Etsy shop:

My favourite piece of sea glass I found was a beautiful piece of mauve/ deep red. You can only tell it is red when you hold it up to a bright light, it is a very stunning piece.

I also managed to find my first ever pirate glass; pirate glass is glass that looks black until held up to the light where it shows you its secret. From browns to greens and more.

The two weeks I got to spend at combe martin were my most successful sea glass hunting weeks ever! but this is only because I know what sea glass is now and I have many ideas.

I said “sea glass is the seas way of turning trash to treasure” and I think this is the truth. Another name for sea glass is mermaids tears and I feel there is something beautiful in that.

Anyway, I shall leave it here.

Happy sea glass hunting!

Megan xoxo