Seaglass Photography

A beach carnival of seaglass and seashells in bright red, orange, pink, yellow and purple!












Wedding white seaglass, seashells, corals and sanddollars arranged on lace!












Dream-like colors in English seaglass multies - send a card with this pic to get your friends hooked on collecting seaglass!












English red seaglass multies - dream of every seaglass enthusiast!












Typical of English seaglass multies, the mixture of blue, green and everything in between is magical!













Pool blue - a sea of blue English multies!













Opposite and Complimentary - super rare orange seaglass on a sea of cobalt blue.













Opposite and Complimentary - harmonious as black and white on a piano keyboard.














Opposite and Complimentary - what more need to say with a sea of hearts?













Seasons - Spring is here with pastel colored seaglass of all textures and shapes!













Seasons - Summer with the blazing sun and the blue blue sky!













Seasons - Winter. Snowball on my overcoat is actually English pure white seaglass!













Seasons - Autumn with its fiery colors!

In a frenzy of inspirations , beautiful images in my mind are put to reality with seaglass that I have aquired during years of beachcombing and tiredless online bidding! I have categorized them into 'seasons', 'opposite and complimentary' and 'English multicolors'. More are coming - I just can't work as fast!
These photos (in much sharper details) are available as blank greeting cards of 4x6 inches with white envelopes.

Doors - A Time Portal

Born and brought up in the city, I am fascinated by anything old and rural. A recent visit to an island that has preserved its century-old way of life sparked my interest in traditional Chinese houses, front doors in particular. These doors are like a time portal, through which one travels back to a different culture, a different way of life!

The traditional Chinese houses almost always have their front doors facing south, and backdoors to the north. This has the wisdom of letting in the cooling south wind through the front doors in summer, while shutting out the freezing north wind from the backdoors in winter.

The Chinese pay much attention to symmetry and balance in everything, this is also reflected in their architecture. I can see that symmetry in doors that are opened in the middle, with hinges on both sides. Comparing to a single, bigger, heavier door, the action of pushing open two smaller doors is a much more balanced movement!

Decorating both sides of the traditional Chinese doorways are caligraphy 'duilian', blessing the occupants of the houses. These are sometimes made up and written by the heads of the families, exhibiting their wit and knowledge! These duilian, paired poetry or antithetical couplets are sophisticated and quite interesting - they are exactly matched in number and meaning of each character. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duilian

Symmetrical painting of guards from heaven are sometimes pasted onto each door, to protect the occupants from evil spirits. Doors are always painted red, which stands for justice, positive energy and luck.

These decorations are usually renewed yearly before Chinese New Year.

Okinawa

Okinawa is one of the loveliest places I've every visited! Being the southern-most island, it is the only place in Japan with near tropical weather. Coral covered seabed and beach-lined coast promise great snorkeling and all sorts of beach related activities. There is no high rise, busy traffic or crowds. What impressed me most is the people - gentle, curteous and very, very helpful! They won't hesitate to go the extra mile, helping a foreigner find her way around.

As souvenirs, I've brought back starry sand grains from their famous Kaiji beach; 'sand of love' or 'lucky sand' as they called it. I've kept these in miniature bottles with colored sand. I've brought back lots and lots of photos and happy memories. I've also brought back a few extra pounds from the good food and rest, LOL! All I'm giving back is goodwill and well-wishing to everyone in Okinawa! I miss you all!

My first time - 'ecstasea' featured in a magazine!

It is here! Wow, I'm so thrilled! There's an article introducing my shop in the international divers' magazine X-Ray Mag!

This article introduced seaglass and seaglass jewelry by artists all over the world, including myself and my BIGGEST all time FAVORITE : palmeras from Spain
http://www.palmeras.etsy.com/
















Here's the latest issue of the magazine: http://www.xray-mag.com/pdfs/xray35/X-Ray35_FS.pdf

Enjoy!

My shop will be featured on X-RAY MAG!

It's the first time my seaglass jewelry shop 'ecstasea' is scheduled to be featured in a magazine! I'm absolutely thrilled about it!

This magazine is an eco-friendly, bi-monthly international dive lifestyle magazine established in 2004. There are in-depth reports of environmental issues, fantastic pictures of all kinds of sealife, professional guides to the best diving spots ... and much much more. The most important to me is, their core value of environmental conservation and respect of all lifeform are also my convictions.

I read in one of their articles that coral is far more useful in their natural environment than as jewelry hanging on someone's neck. It is so true that it puts shame in me - I have used a coral branch in one of my necklaces...But anyway, that will be my first and my last!

Subscription is free and readers are worldwide and growing. So if you want to be a part of them as well as read about my feature (due in April), here's the link:
http://www.xray-mag.com/

Seaglassing Pals

March 6 is a big day we've been yearning for more than 2 months!

Jen and Laura are my new seaglassing pals. I thought I'm the only seaglass collector in Hong Kong until Jen and I 'found' each other on the seaglasslovers site! Laura is new to seaglass, but after March 6, she will become addicted, I'm sure...!

I used to go beachcombing on my own, talking and exclaiming about nice finds all to myself. It feels so wonderful now that I can share my favorite island (Cheung Chau island) and my favorite hobby (collecting seaglass) with friends! Oh sure, they will be keeping pieces that I drool over, but the next tide will bring in more great pieces! Nothing is too precious to share!

After an exhausting 3 hours' snail-pace of bending and squatting at the beach, we badly needed some rest. Recharged with delicious snacks of frozen fruits and peach tea, we round up the day browsing the seaside souvenir shops. We have so many new ideas on crafts and jewelry! What a wonderful day!

English Seaglass Jewelry

English seaglass is the ultimate prize for seaglass lovers! The combination of two or more colors on a single perfectly rounded and frosted piece is unlike seaglass from anywhere else! The century old history brings nostalgia and awe - these were leftovers thrown into the sea right from onshore glass factories!
The Northeast coast of England is the 'Mecca' for seaglass lovers, I believe. But second best to personally collecting the prized gems is to buy them from reputable seaglass sellers. I have selected some special pieces and made them into unique jewelry. Keep it close to your heart and wonder about the story behind each piece!