sea glass floats

Originally used in Japanese fishing boats, the floats were woven together intertwined in a netting that would cast out aside the water and allow fish to become caught in the looped netting below and the fish would be pulled into the boats. They were the original buoy before reeds and plastic would eventually replace them. The plus side to the glass was that it is a naturally occurring substance made from sand and heat, and left no pollutants. Though being that they were easily replaced, negatively, the buoys would eventually crack after baking in the hot sun, or in the cool water, and would fill with sea water and sink, or would become loose and float off on their own. The most prized of the globes are of the Asahi glass company, that produced glass of high quality and of varying colors including the very rare ruby glass. Replicas can be found today produced many companies usually during their summer lines, like that of; Shibui and Fine Art America.