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Coastal musings, fossil finds and sea glass jewellery creations from Devon.

31/10/2026

Evening hunt under a lovely setting sun. Not much to find in the way of glass but found serenity.

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30/10/2026

Fossils, turquoises, rubies, opals, moss agates and ambers. I like to work with a lot of different minerals, agates and gems and there’s something very pleasing about setting cabochons that are a single height, which glass most definitely is not!

These are all on the bench at the moment - I seem quite taken with working on different things - variety is the spice of life!

I may or may not have a basket full of even more stones heading this way. It’s the downside of being a jeweller, getting enticed by so many pretty treasures. Gollum hasn’t got a thing on me! 😂

29/10/2026

There is something rather joyful about getting the next generation interested in the natural world. Mine are getting older now so it was a nice change of pace taking my 3-year-old nephew out to introduce him to the prehistoric treasures to be found.

He obviously has me wrapped around his little finger so I came home with very little...

27/10/2026

Some of my autumnal bone finds from Lyme Regis including vertebrae, paddle digits, ribs, potential joints and limb bones and my favourite, the partial jaw.

These are likely to all be ichthyosaur fossils, but sometimes it can be hard to tell between those and a plesiosaur, especially when they are more worn by the waves.

I’m definitely missing the beach but tend to steer clear during holiday periods. Too much peopling for me! 😂

If you could find just one piece of fossilised bone, what would you choose? For the longest time it was a paddle digit for me, but now I’m rather taken with the jaw, I can’t lie! I also really love to find identifiable limb sections, a joint, or shoulder scapula for example. It feels more real, that what you found was once swimming, a whole conscious being that predated you so magnificently that you can’t really comprehend it.

26/10/2026

Stormy finds. ⛈️

I like to analyse and work out where particular bits of glass can be found. These were all along one tide line, about halfway between low and high tide. I’d love to know what causes that. A particularly perfect wave strength for depositing lighter glass on heavier stone? Or just a culmination of many tides loading the glass on one location so that when the sea rolls across the shingles they are released to the elements? Why arethey slightly bigger finds on certain days, why do some days produce more greens?

Welcome to my brain; I’m proud I haven’t set up a sea glass spreadsheet analysis! 😂

25/10/2026

So similar to the art left on cave walls left by our ancestors, telling a story of a time long since passed. These small markings, etched upon rock, show life from millennia ago in such vivid detail.

24/10/2026

The start of a collection, a homage to the prehistoric.

Fossil corals, ambers, Mexican fire opals, ammonites and more. From the Cretaceous to the Jurassic, from the volcanic to the oceanic.

These are the statement pieces for the self-proclaiming nerd, the proud lover of this Earth and her long and varied history.

23/10/2026

There is less. Each passing year there’s less sea glass to find.

This pile includes some of my favourite pieces, but it’s years of hunting, years of searching. As I work through new makes and another little bubble of perfection gets used, I worry if it’s the last time I’ll find that colour, whether I should hold some back, just in case. For me.

I don’t hoard enough of the wonderful, I always think better they are worn and on show. Surely better they are not tucked away and hidden if I can wrap them in silver and gold and send them off to some appreciative soul who is as enthralled by glass as me?

But one day, perhaps months, perhaps years, perhaps even decades from now, I’ll be on the beach, finding nothing much of anything, and thinking of the pieces I didn’t keep, the ones that got away.

I know it’s weird to think like that. It’s a business, this is how I make money. But it’s like losing a puppy from a litter to a new home. Always bittersweet.

I never sell just the sea glass, it’s too finite, and I love them all too much. Much to my husband’s chagrin I’m sure!

What do you do with all your favourite finds? Are they displayed, or do you tuck them away?

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