Sorting through a collection of seaglass from my sister. She's the one who makes the seaglass suncatchers. These teardrop shaped pieces feel really special. I'm not sure what to do with them.
Lovely! Seaglass used to be so common on Scottish beaches. But plastic has replaced glass bottles, and they are now scarce, and not usually thrown into the sea. So there's not much new seaglass, and the old seaglass fragments are getting worn down to smaller size, and vanishing. I think seaglass in beach deposits will be a little bit of future stratigraphy concentrated in deposits stabilised during the 19th and 20th centuries.
@jlperuyero I would be afraid of cracking them, but I suppose I could practice first on the more common shapes. I was thinking of wrapping them with wire, but then I wouldn't be able to feel the glass shapes.
My opinion is to look for advice first. Among workers from a glass shop, jewelry or alternatively an odontologist. Someone skilled with a high speed diamond-bit drilling machine. And there ends my scarce knowledge on the topic.
@jlperuyero That sounds about right, any Dremel-like rotary tool with the proper bit should do it. I have more experience with stone, but I've drilled some holes on glass, so it is doable.
Thing is, that was ages ago and I don't remember which bits or speeds to use ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
@jlperuyero According to past me's notes (turns out I had notes on this), you want a tungsten carbide bit and use very low speeds. I think I used water but I didn't jot that down.
@dillyd @Jose Luis Peruyero the one time I drilled a hole in a piece of seaglass I used a dremel (clone), a diamond tip, and worked under water, following some tutorial found online, and it worked quite nicely and easily
of course I was using a common shape of green glass, and not the good ones :D
I don't know whether those tutorials can still be found on 2026 internet :(
do you think the teardrop shapes would have been stoppers for bottles? We sometimes find glass or ceramic balls that would have sat in a bottle neck blocking the neck when upright but able to move upwards (to a limited extent) and allow the liquid to pour out
@Hellybootwader Yes I thought something like that. I'm not an expert, of course.
My sister told me there was a certain brand of bottles that came with an embedded marble in the neck, but they're very rare to find whole, because kids would break the bottles to use the marbles.
- I like the idea of pendants for necklaces or earrings (depending on size and weight).
Instead of dilling a hole, you could fashion a simple wire trellis that wraps around them. Use a soft metal wire in whatever color or metal you like. Still lets the tear drop show through and you'd attach the wire to the necklace or hook instead of attaching the necklace and hook through the glass itself.
Beautiful. If it were me, I would put them in a pretty dish like candy, and keep them where I could fondle them, look at them, enjoy them. Or in a dish of sand. A grown-up sensory box. Maybe with small plant, or tea light or votive candle holder and candle?
I bet if you practice with regular glass you could drill holes in the teardrop ones to make pendants you could where and touch when you feel like it.
@BrambleBearSnoring Nice ideas! I've had them in a crystal candy dish since I brought them home. Today I put the teardrop shapes in a pretty ceramic dish that someone just gave me.
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in reply to GrooveMD, Queer Time Machine • • •John Faithfull ๐๐ช๐บ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐งกโ๐ปโ๐ฟ
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in reply to John Faithfull ๐๐ช๐บ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐งกโ๐ปโ๐ฟ • • •Very interesting. Seaglass is so much more romantic than sea plastic, isn't it?
Jose Luis Peruyero
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in reply to Jose Luis Peruyero • • •I would be afraid of cracking them, but I suppose I could practice first on the more common shapes. I was thinking of wrapping them with wire, but then I wouldn't be able to feel the glass shapes.
Jose Luis Peruyero
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in reply to Jose Luis Peruyero • • •@jlperuyero That sounds about right, any Dremel-like rotary tool with the proper bit should do it. I have more experience with stone, but I've drilled some holes on glass, so it is doable.
Thing is, that was ages ago and I don't remember which bits or speeds to use ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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in reply to Ricรณs • • •That's already very helpful, thanks!
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to dillyd • •@dillyd @Jose Luis Peruyero the one time I drilled a hole in a piece of seaglass I used a dremel (clone), a diamond tip, and worked under water, following some tutorial found online, and it worked quite nicely and easily
of course I was using a common shape of green glass, and not the good ones :D
I don't know whether those tutorials can still be found on 2026 internet :(
(edit: typo in dremel)
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in reply to dillyd • • •We sometimes find glass or ceramic balls that would have sat in a bottle neck blocking the neck when upright but able to move upwards (to a limited extent) and allow the liquid to pour out
dillyd
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Yes I thought something like that. I'm not an expert, of course.
My sister told me there was a certain brand of bottles that came with an embedded marble in the neck, but they're very rare to find whole, because kids would break the bottles to use the marbles.
Tarnport
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I believe it's a reference to cod-neck bottles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-necโฆ
type of bottle
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in reply to dillyd • • •- I like the idea of pendants for necklaces or earrings (depending on size and weight).
Instead of dilling a hole, you could fashion a simple wire trellis that wraps around them. Use a soft metal wire in whatever color or metal you like. Still lets the tear drop show through and you'd attach the wire to the necklace or hook instead of attaching the necklace and hook through the glass itself.
See attached for some ideas:
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in reply to dillyd • • •BrambleBearSnoring
in reply to dillyd • • •Beautiful. If it were me, I would put them in a pretty dish like candy, and keep them where I could fondle them, look at them, enjoy them. Or in a dish of sand. A grown-up sensory box. Maybe with small plant, or tea light or votive candle holder and candle?
I bet if you practice with regular glass you could drill holes in the teardrop ones to make pendants you could where and touch when you feel like it.
Whatever you decide, would love to see pics.
dillyd
in reply to BrambleBearSnoring • • •Nice ideas! I've had them in a crystal candy dish since I brought them home. Today I put the teardrop shapes in a pretty ceramic dish that someone just gave me.
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