A thing of beauty
Sea glass festival shines on.
Sea glass festival organizer Michelle Fahie-davidson knows just how rare red glass is.
With about 5,000 shipwrecks logged around the shores of the province, that’s how she figures her red piece came ashore.
“It’s the first red in a long time,” she says.
With diligent research, based on some tiny decorative dots, Fahie-davidson determined her chunk originally came from a Depression glass bell.
It’s these types of finds that are a great addition to the annual Sea to Shore Sea Glass Festival, which recently wrapped up its third annual gathering. The event was held at the Centreville Community Hall.
This was the first year the festival has been held in Centreville, according to organizer Fahie-davidson, who is the owner/operator of Ocean Zn & Home Décor in the village.
Sea glass jewelry, sea glass art, beach rock art, driftwood creations, small and large mosaics, paintings and photography are among the artistic works the festival attracts.
Fahie-davidson spends the winter organizing the event and is helped by family members with staging the festival. Inspired by the ocean, Fahie-davidson said, artists from all over the province have the same focus, but they all do totally different things.
For example, Todd Troop, a bottle expert from Coldbrook, was deep in conversation with festivalgoers about their sea glass finds.
The gathering also offered contests and prizes, beach find displays and food, including British fish and chips on site.