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I posted before that one day we would add tumbled glass jewelry to our line as sea glass becomes harder and harder to find. Well, here it is
My oldest daughter Sophia has been collecting broken glass ware, vases, old bottles, crystal bowls, and she’s been shaping and cutting then tumbling her glass to create truly unique one of a kind designer jewelry to add to the Natural Maui Ohana line of jewelry.
She really became interested in, what we have named, upcycled glass jewelry while she was doing her internship at the Maui County Recycling Department. It was a logical decision not only because sea glass is becoming scarce but also because there are some warm colors like yellow and red, which are extremely rare to find in sea glass, that add color to the table.
Interesting note is that the extremely rare colors to find in sea glass, red, orange, yellow, turquoise, are also hard to find in regular glass land! We’ve managed to get red but it’s not red all the way, it’s red color on each side of clear glass but it is still so beautiful!
We let customers know that it’s tumbled glass but we don’t lower our prices because it’s been tumbled. First of all the yellow and turquoise are from crystal ware that was broken that we received from some friends of ours. Crystal is not a glass to be trifled with but the most important point of all is the work that goes into creating a design in her mind and then actually making it materialize.
There are more colors to come to! Pink from a vase she received from her boss, dark olive green from a very old wine bottle that I found at a thrift store that was cut. I can’t wait to see what designs that head of hers comes up with next. She’s very quiet and focused when she works. Something I really admire about her.
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White upcycled glass cluster with pearls dangle earrings
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Olive green upcycled glass with real clam shell and silver colored metal clam shell
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Upcycled olive green glass hoop earrings with real clam shell and silver colored metal clam shell
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Olive green upcycled glass bracelet with real clam shell piece and silver colored metal clam shell
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Dragon Fly Cone Shell Earrings. One of my favorite sets, white upcycled glass with cone shell (found on Maui), silver colored dragonfly charm, and deep pink beads. There’s also a bracelet and necklace to match.
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Dragon Fly and Cone Shell trio, Earrings, Necklace, Bracelet. White upcycled glass, silver colored dragon fly charm, cone shell (found on Maui), and pink beads make up this trio. Special discount when the set is purchased together.
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Close up of Dragon Fly Cone Shell Trio
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Large Puka Shell with red, green, and yellow upcycled glass hoops. The puka shells were found by the Natural Maui Ohana. It dangles from hoops with red, green, and yellow upcycled glass.
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Puka Shell and red, green, yellow upcycled glass bracelet
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Red Green Yellow upcycled glass bracelet. This is definitely different from anything I’ve ever seen. Here Sophia used white abalone shell at each end of the bracelet staggering red, green, and yellow upcycled glass, shell pieces (found on Maui), and beads staggered in between
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Large puka shell with red, green and yellow upcycled glass necklace. This is part of a trio set of earrings, necklace, and bracelet. Special discount if bought as a set.
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Shell pieces, yellow upcycled glass, and black onyx beads. This is the necklace and bracelet and there are also earrings to match. Special discount when purchased as a complete set.
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Shell pieces, yellow upcycled glass and black onyx beads earrings
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Beautiful turquoise upcycled glass necklace choker with matching bracelet
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Bracelets made with yellow and turquoise upcycled glass
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Turquoise upcycled glass dangling from abalone shell bead bars attached to curled loop hoops
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Large puka shells in hoops with olive green upcycled glass dangling
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Olive green, turquoise, and green upcycled glass sets of necklaces and bracelets
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Red upcycled glass with Chinese turquoise dangle earrings
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Bracelet of aqua upcycled glass and shell pieces staggered between 2 abalone shell beads. There is a matching pair of earrings to this.
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Another really different pair of earrings using aqua upcycled glass, cowry shell pieces (found on Maui) dangling from an abalone shell bead. There is a matching bracelet, the necklace was sold.
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Red, yellow, and green upcycled glass dangle earrings
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Turquoise upcycled glass and puka shell dangle earrings
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Red upcycled glass with black and red beads adorn these silver plated curled loop hoops
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