Green and Black Seahorse on Driftwood 014

All of our sea glass designs are inspired by the beauty of the Bays of Port Phillip and Western Port. A seahorse was chosen for this piece. Seahorses are part of the family Syngnathidae (pronounced SING-NAY-THID-AY) which includes seahorses, pipehorses, pipe fish and weedy and leafy seadragons. They are mainly found in the sea grass meadows and hovering around piers near clumps of brown kelp at Rye, Portsea, Queenscliff and Flinders.

17 pieces of sea glass were handpicked from the shores of beaches in Mornington, Mt Eliza and Frankston to create this seahorse. Each fragment was individually hand wrapped in copper foil and soldered together. Galvanised steel was shaped to form the head and to run the length of the body and tail of the seahorse to add shape and contrast. Local driftwood has been used to display the seahorse.

Green shades of sea glass were mainly used in this seahorse. The Sea Foam colour was predominantly used to make Coca-Cola bottles from the early to mid-1900s. The Forest Green colour was popular with a wide variety of antique spirit bottles and still used today for wine bottles. Jade is a colour that has been made throughout both the 19th and 20th centuries, while Kelly Green has been a mass produced colour for bottles during the second half of the 20th century. Featured is one piece of black sea glass. Black glass was commonly used for beer and wine bottles prior to the 1900’s.

This seahorse is currently available at the Frankston Visitor Information Centre, 7N Pier Promenade, Frankston Waterfront, ph 1300 322 842.