Our story
Made from whatthe tide leaves.
Els-y-Môr makes jewellery and small coastal pieces from sea glass, wrapped by hand in copper wire. It began in 2025, inspired by the shores of Wales.
What sea glass is
Ordinary glass,made rare by the sea.
Sea glass begins as everyday glass: bottles, jars, the odd window. Broken and carried by the tide, it spends years being turned over by waves and sand until the sharp edges soften and the surface frosts.
Its colour hints at where it came from. Greens, browns and whites are the most common finds. Cobalt, aqua and some of the paler shades turn up far less often.
The wrap follows the glass, not a pattern, so it’s never quite the same twice.
The making
From shorelineto jewellery.
Sea glass starts life as bottles and jars. Years of tide and sand turn it into something else: frosted, smooth and softly coloured.
Each piece is chosen for its colour and shape, then worked by hand with simple materials. Mostly copper wire, which warms and darkens gently with wear.
Found
Picked up along the tideline, a few pieces at a time.
Selected
Kept only if it’s properly frosted, softly rounded and a colour worth wearing.
Wrapped
Copper wire, shaped by hand around the glass’s own outline.
Finished by hand
A last spiral, a chain or a clasp, and a check in daylight.
What matters to us
One of a kind
Each piece starts with a single find of sea glass, so there is never a second one quite like it.
Made by hand
Wrapped, finished and checked by hand, in small numbers.
Kept simple
Natural sea glass and copper. The glass does most of the work.
The maker
A little pieceof the coast.
Els-y-Môr began in 2025 with a simple idea: to make something you can wear from the glass the Welsh coast gives back.
Every piece is made by hand, in small numbers, and no two are the same. It’s slow work, and that’s rather the point.
Find your pieceof the sea.
Every piece is one of a kind. When it’s gone, it’s gone.