Unchain My Heart - Sea Glass

by Melody Tallon
(Mt Riverview, NSW, Australia)

My husband is the sea glass collector for me, when he occasionally takes a trip into Sydney to ride on the trains and ferries.

He has found quite a few pieces on some of the inner harbour beaches, and he picked up this piece one day recently.

I was busy when he got home, so it was a couple of days before I looked through the small stash he brought home.

I saw this heart-shaped piece and knew I had to put a bezel around it.

I decided to combine three of my favourite materials, and used polymer clay to make the bezel, and a chainmaille weave called 6-in-1 spiral to make the chain.

Although it does have the slightly sharp edge in the cleft of the heart, I still think it works and is a nice jewellery piece.