White Seahorse on Driftwood 011

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.

16 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.

White sea glass was used in this seahorse. Clear glass, to this day, has many uses ranging from food containers, bottles, tableware and windows.  What begins clear, becomes a snow- white piece of frosted glass after being in the ocean. Very old white sea glass often becomes straw coloured after it has been in the sun for many years.

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