{"product_id":"drifted-glass","title":"Drifted Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eEncaustic and paper on wood panel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e36 x 36\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece began with an exploration—developing both a palette and a process to capture the soft, translucent quality of sea glass, like the pieces found while beachcombing. The layered greens reflect the tones I remember so vividly from childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThose colors have a complicated origin. They are the result of discarded glass—once thrown into the ocean from the nearby military presence at Fort Bragg, California. Over time, the ocean transformed that debris, tumbling and softening it into something unexpectedly beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears later, those worn fragments came to define the shoreline. One beach in particular—Glass Beach—became known for its surface of smooth, sea-polished glass. Located in Noyo Headlands Park in Northern California, it is covered not in sand, but in small, light-catching pieces of colored glass.There are actually three Glass Beach sites in Fort Bragg, where refuse was dumped into the ocean between 1906 and 1967. Site Two (1943–1949) and Site Three (1949–1967)—now commonly referred to as “Glass Beach”—are where much of this transformation took place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece reflects that paradox: the quiet beauty that can emerge over time, shaped by memory, environment, and the steady, patient movement of the sea.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Lisa Moriarty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALG Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45897432531105,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/2468\/9057\/files\/IMG_2454.jpg?v=1776449737","url":"https:\/\/www.algfineart.com\/products\/drifted-glass","provider":"ALG Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}