About Us:
Santa Cruz Sea Glass was launched in 2006 by myself, Krista Hammond and my husband, Tony Berkowitz. We have been collecting sea glass together for many years and always are amazed at the beautiful and rare pieces we find along the beaches of the Monterey Bay. We decided to pool our talents and create high quality pieces of jewelry using the natural sea glass we find combined with pure sterling silver. The result has been huge! We are now known for our amazing sea glass Rings and our new Ocean Window pendants. Our sea glass comes from many sources and some pieces are believed to be over 100 years old! The combination of surf and sand in the Monterey Bay produces some of the most treasured, worn sea glass any collector can find. We are also very lucky to have a few remote beaches where sea glass that originated from an old Glass blowers artists studio can sometimes be found (if your lucky). This combination gives Santa Cruz Sea Glass some of the most flawless, rarest, one of a kind color combinations found in the United States. When you purchase sea glass from us, you can be sure to have some of the best sea glass in the world! The picture above is from our collection of rare and exotic sea glass that we have found over the years each piece is a once in a lifetime find! Amazing pieces of sea glass are what set Santa Cruz Sea Glass apart.
Check out the latest article about us on Capitolagirl.com http://www.capitolagirl.com/2008/09/saturday-sparkle-santa-cruz-sea-glass.html
Santa Cruz Sea Glass is a Green company! Green is a relatively new term that can be applied to a business that makes a conscious effort to minimize its carbon footprint in order to promote conservation and environmental awareness. Santa Cruz Sea Glass was started in 2006 with these prinicples in mind. Sea Glass is in essence a recycled material; having once been trash that was dumped in the ocean, and ultimately transformed by the sea into beautiful gems that are found along the Ocean shore..
Our efforts to maintain Santa Cruz Sea Glass as a "Green Company" extend into every level of our business, from collecting excess trash on the beach to choosing vegetable based inks for our receipts. Since each piece of our sea glass is found in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary, we make a conscious effort to produce and run a company that has very little waste and impact on the environment. It is our way of honoring and preserving such a beautiful place as the Monterey Bay Sanctuary. In keeping with that premise we approached the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and formed a partnership in 2008, which 10% of the sales of all our Charm series necklaces go directly toward Ocean preservation.