The sea glass used in this necklace is genuine found sea glass from Kelleys Island. (A small island in Lake Erie.) Over the many years that my grandmother lived on the island, she collected a large amount of these wonderful treasures and I wanted to use them to make something unique and memorable. With more and more items being packaged in plastic, it is increasingly difficult to find genuine sea glass frosted and smoothed by the sea.

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This item pictured has SOLD. If you are interested in having me create another piece similar to the one pictured here, please let me know. If you purchase this listing, I will make another necklace similar to the one pictured. Thank you for your interest in my art and jewelry.

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Introducing a new series of wire-wrapped jewelry with a touch of modern whimsy often found in my canvas paintings.

The sea glass used in this necklace is genuine found sea glass from Kelleys Island. (A small island in Lake Erie.) Over the many years that my grandmother lived on the island, she collected a large amount of these wonderful treasures and I wanted to use them to make something unique and memorable. With more and more items being packaged in plastic, it is increasingly difficult to find genuine sea glass frosted and smoothed by the sea.

This particular necklace is hand-crocheted and wire wrapped with sterling silver in my own original design. The clasp in the back is also handmade and created with wire wrapped sea glass pieces. The necklace fits close to the neck like a choker and the wire is pliable and easy to manipulate to 'mold' into position.

This choker necklace is done in several shades of frosted white genuine sea glass. This necklace measures approx. 16 inches long and about 5 inches in diameter when clasped. There are 16 genuine sea glass pieces. (Including the one used in creating the clasp.)Each of the pieces are approx. 1 in in length by 0.5 inch in width. Each of the 16 pieces are individually wire-wrapped and then hand crocheted or wire knit into the form of the necklace.

I didn't want to drill the sea glass, so I wire-wrapped each one to keep the glass in as natural a form as possible. I also thought that the wire knit necklace added a glow to the glass and made the glass look like it was caught or wrapped in a net ... as if 'fished' from the sea.