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Glass Fishing Floats |
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Glass Floats. Years ago, fishermen made net floats out of recycled glass melted in shipboard furnaces, often using their own empty sake bottles and capping them with molten glass stoppers. These air-cooled glass balls then buoyed their fishing nets at sea, sometimes breaking free and travelling thousands of miles to wash up on West Coast beaches. Beachcombers have prized finding the original rare glass net float which had ridden the currents from as far away as Asia, and often wore barnacles or a frosted wave-rolled patina. These glass balls are amazingly strong, surviving the ocean for many decades and thousands of miles. Our floats are similarly robust, blown brand new in our Seattlte art glass studio in an array of colors and patterns. They are attractive in your home or garden, and of course, will gracefully float in a pond, birdbath, or pool. They are available in three sizes: 4" medium, 5" large, and 6" extra large.
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Avalon Glassworks 2914 SW Avalon Way Suite B Seattle, WA 98126 206-937-6369 www.AvalonGlassworks.com |
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