
My art posts often feature more complicated art, but today, I was just too charmed by these simple-but-beautiful pieces to keep them to myself. These darling minimalist pictures are created by Heidi, who describes herself as a “mom to two little people, wife, lawyer-turned-artist, and a lover of travel, beaches and, of course, seaglass.” Though they’re currently located in Nova Scotia, the young family has moved around a lot, so her materials come from all over, including Bermuda, the Channel Islands, and Heidi’s favorite place, Seaham Beach in the UK, known as England’s sea glass treasure chest (which has now moved to the top of my bucket list!).
Not one to cut corners, Heidi uses only unaltered, naturally-tumbled beach glass. Her pieces also sometimes feature other natural elements, as well as tiny, handmade clay touches and the occasional inked line or two.
“Each seaglass picture begins with me searching through my (rather large!) collection of treasures for the perfect little pieces of glass, stones etc. After I’ve selected just the right pieces for the picture I have in mind, I arrange them on thick, textured watercolour paper. Sometimes things just kind of come together; other times I have to fuss a bit to get it right! It always amazes me how a slightly different coloured piece of glass or a different shaped stone can make all of the difference to a picture.”
You can check out all of the adorable pieces by Apricity Designs on their website and on Instagram.
April 21, 2021 at 8:11 am
Love this..no sea glass around here but it would be fun .
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April 21, 2021 at 11:30 pm
I’ll be happy to send you some. We’re lousy with the stuff!
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April 21, 2021 at 9:25 am
YES — hope we finished with High Fashion for a while and into something very cute and enjoyable to look it. Never heard of ‘sea glass’ before but they do sell it etc. Spent a lot of time hunting on the beach but never saw ‘sea glass’ before. Hal
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April 21, 2021 at 11:31 pm
Beloved spends hours every week combing the beaches for sea glass. Takes her a long time, but she comes back with some great stuff!
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April 21, 2021 at 10:09 am
These are adorable! They feel so fresh and clean. I would love them on my walls.
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April 21, 2021 at 11:31 pm
Me, too!
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April 21, 2021 at 12:56 pm
These pieces are completely delightful. I absolutely love sea glass and had a large collection of different colours before we emigrated. I am now having to rebuild my collection – which is a slow going process given I live in landlocked PA – but that just means it feels even more like finding treasure when I do find a new piece. I can confirm that Seaham is fantastic for sea glass but I have to give a shout out to Fife, where I was born and raised, as the beaches on the East Neuk of Fife are also reliable sources.
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April 21, 2021 at 11:33 pm
I have always wanted to search for beach glass in the UK. Fife sounds fantastic! And when you eventually come to visit, we’ll take you beach combing!
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April 22, 2021 at 12:01 pm
I would love that. I always like the look of mud-larking too.
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April 22, 2021 at 5:37 pm
Whassat?
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April 25, 2021 at 8:50 am
Ah. I wonder if that is specifically British jargon because I am sure you know of the concept. I just don’t know any other vocabulary for it. Mudlarking is rummaging around in mud on the sides of rivers or inlets and seeing what you can find. Famously a lot of people do it on the Thames and find all sorts of amazing finds. I did it a little many moons ago and in a probably very half-arsed way but I still found Edwardian era medicine bottles and some shards of vintage pottery.
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April 27, 2021 at 12:09 pm
Honestly, it sounds like a ton of fun!
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April 27, 2021 at 12:09 pm
I do love a good rummage.
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April 21, 2021 at 7:15 pm
So sweet!
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April 21, 2021 at 11:34 pm
They’re really so cute!
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April 22, 2021 at 12:52 am
Charming. I haven’t seen anything quite like this before. I really liked the last one.
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April 22, 2021 at 5:35 pm
They truly are fascinating!
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