A slide show presented by Mary Beth Beuke of West Coast Sea Glass at the North American Sea Glass Association's 2009 Sea Glass Festival.

1. “ AROUND THE WORLD ADVENTURES IN SEA GLASS” NORTH AMERICAN SEA GLASS FESTIVAL MARY BETH BEUKE

2. MB KAYAKING. PACIFIC OCEAN, WA

3. PACIFIC OCEAN CLIFFS – 3,200 MILES+

4. PACIFIC OCEAN, PUGET SOUND PHOTO: RANSCO’S ADVENTURE PAGES

5. PUGET SOUND, WA – WHERE I LIVE, KAYAK AND SEARCH FOR SEA GLASS

6. WHAT IS SEA GLASS?: BROKEN BOTTLES WINDOW PANES LANTERN GLASS VASES ART GLASS CANNING JARS TABLE WARE MARBLES Sea glass starts out as refuse glass that was broken then discarded into the sea. Powerful elements of sand, tide, water and weather buffet the shard over time and terrain. It is transformed during the voyage; sanded, smoothed, hydrated and renewed into a gem.

7. IN GENERAL, SEA GLASS IS BROKEN GLASS PIECES FOUND ALONG THE SHORE.

8. INTACT, LAVENDER BOTTLE NECK BC, CANADA

9. ENGLAND’S NORTH SEA GEMS

10. HYDRATION & PITTING, TWO IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT DEFINE GENUINE SEA GLASS

11. IDENTIFYING SEA GLASS CREATES A CHALLENGE BETWEEN HISTORY’S TRUTHS AND ONE’S IMAGINATION Why do we love sea glass?

12. Why do we love sea glass?

14. HOW IT ALL STARTED. OREGON COAST – 1970?

15. THE PACIFIC’S DANGEROUS SHORES. PHOTO: FULLERTON COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY DEPT.

16. SHIPWRECK COUNT SINCE 1803 IMAGE: WESTCOASTER.COM

17. PETER IREDALE – SHORTLY AFTER GROUNDING FT. CLATSOP, OREGON - 1906

18. 1850’S GLOBE LANTERN OR HURRICANE DISTRESS LAMP W/CRANBERRY RED GLASS. FOUND AFTER AN EARLY 1900’S SHIPWRECK VANCOUVER IS. CANADA © WEST SEA CO.

19. SOME OF THE PACIFIC’S RAREST GEMS.

20. From South to North, up the Pacific Coast. 7,000 mile road trip.

21. KONA, HAWAII

22. LAVA FLOW, CORAL, TIDE POOLS & SEA GLASS. FURTHEST SOUTHERNMOST POINT US

23. LAVA FLOW & CORAL BED. CLOSE-UP. HAWAII

24. KILAUEA - LAVA HOPPING FOR SEA GLASS.

25. GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH FLOTSAM. HAWAII

26. ROUGH PACIFIC TIDE APPROACHING IN THE DISTANCE.

27. LARGE RARE ORANGE. HAPUNA, HAWAII

28. PROTECTED SEA TURTLE - HAWAII

29. WHALE BREACHING IN THE BAY. HAWAII

30. SEA GLASS IS MOST OFTEN FOUND ALONG PEBBLY SHORES. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

31. A CLOSER LOOK ON THE SAME BEACH

32. MALIBU, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

33. A SEA GLASS HUNTER IN TRAINING. HER FIRST ORANGE. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

34. A HANDFUL OF GEMS. NORTHERN CA

35. PACIFIC OCEAN - SAN FRANCISCO BAY WITH OLDER HISTORY. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

36. ALCATRAZ ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE

37. SPENDING A WHOLE DAY ON A SMALL ISLAND.

38. FORT BRAGG, CA – WHITES & BROWNS

39. PACIFIC OCEAN CLIFFS – SOUTHERN OREGON

40. CORNFLOWER BLUE – 1 IN 300 PIECES THAT DAY NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON

41. A WEDDING ON THE WASHINGTON COAST.

42. A VERY GOOD DAY. TEN HOURS.

43. A BALD EAGLE HUNTING FOR LUNCH. MT. BAKER IN WASHINGTON STATE IN THE BACKGROUND

44. SEA GLASS FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST US.

45. DINNER AFTER AN ALL DAY HIKE.

46. A VERY REMOTE ISLAND. PUGET SOUND, WA

47. RARE, ALASKAN SNOWY OWL. 1 IN 10 YEARS

48. AN ISLAND OFF THE CANADIAN COAST. GEORGIA STRAIT

49. KAYAKING IN DUNGENESS BAY – VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA SUNSET IN THE DISTANCE

50. CANADIAN TRIBES PADDLE - 2004

51. JAPANESE GLASS FISHING FLOATS – BERING SEA FOUND IN ALASKA

52. CLAM DIGGING. LOWEST TIDE. -9.6

53. CARIBBEAN SEA GLASS – JAMAICA, HAITI, VIRGIN IS.

54. GREEK ISLANDS

55. SANTORINI ISLAND GREECE - AGEAN SEA

56. SANTORINI GREECE – AN ISLAND CALDERA

57. SANTORINI ISLAND GREECE - AGEAN SEA

58. ATHENS, GREECE - AGEAN SEA

59. PAROS, GREECE – AEGEAN SEA ISLAND

60. SANTORINI ISLAND GREECE - AGEAN SEA

61. VINTAGE GAME DIE – ¼” WIDE. NORTHERN WA

62. A COLOR WHEEL OF GEMS FROM ENGLAND’S NORTH SEA

63. OLIVE GREEN W/AIR BUBBLE, BOTTOM RIGHT CARIBBEAN

64. EXTREMELY RARE PACIFIC, SEA GLASS BEADS. THE DARKEST BLUE IS A TRADING BEAD

65. A RARE, TRUE TURQUOISE, SEA GLASS BEAD CALIFORNIA - 2007

66. WHERE DO SEA GLASS MARBLES COME FROM?

67. PACIFIC & CARIBBEAN OCEAN MARBLES TUMBLING 70+ YEARS

68. LET’S TALK ABOUT RED…

69. EXTREMELY RARE RED, TINY BOTTLE STOPPER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

70. EXTREMELY RARE, FACETED REDS. PACIFIC OCEAN

71. VASELINE GLASS W/URANIUM DIOXIDE POSSIBLY FROM A HANDLE

72. THANK YOU!