COE96 Glass Sea Life

COE96 Tropical & Coastal Shapes collects the ocean, shoreline and warm-weather motifs in COE96, each formulated to fuse with other compatible COE96 glass. The group covers sea life, shells, a pair of reptiles and amphibians, and a few beach-holiday icons, which makes it the natural home for coastal gift work, aquarium panels and anything headed for a lake house or a beach rental.

What you will find here

In the water: a Sea Turtle, a Seahorse pack of three, a Dolphin pack of five, an Angel Fish pack of three and a Gold Fish pack of three. On the beach: a Starfish pack of three, a Sand Dollar pack of three, a Sea Shell pack of three, a single Auger Sea Shell and a Crab. Warm-climate extras round it out: a Frog, a Lizard, a Palm Tree, a Pineapple and a pair of green Flip Flops. The shell selection is a little deeper on the COE96 side, which matters if your work leans toward beachcombing themes rather than swimming creatures.

Choosing for the piece in front of you

The singles, meaning the Sea Turtle, Crab, Frog, Lizard, Palm Tree, Pineapple, Flip Flops and Auger Sea Shell, are the focal shapes for plates, nightlights and small panels. The packs of three and five give you repeats for schools of fish, clusters of shells and matched jewelry sets. Colour options appear on the individual listings where they apply; among them are a brown and cream shell pack, an Amazon Green Opalescent pack and a small size choice. Frog and Lizard have been the two most asked-for singles in this group, followed by the Sea Turtle, the green Flip Flops, and the Seahorse and Starfish packs, so those are sensible first picks for a shop order.

COE96 compatibility and firing

All shapes in this category are COE96 and are made to be fired with other compatible COE96 sheet, frit, stringer and noodles. Keep the project entirely within a compatible COE96 family; do not mix in COE90 pieces, and do not rely on the number alone when combining brands. Tack fuse to hold fins, claws, shell ridges and flip flop straps as raised, readable detail. Full fuse for coasters, pendants and flat tiles, accepting that thin tips such as a seahorse tail will soften. Shells and starfish with several points are the most likely to round over at higher temperatures, so a contour fuse is a good middle ground. Run one test piece per pack in your kiln before a batch.

Ideas from the bench

The standard coastal plate, a blue base with a stringer horizon and a sandy band, takes a Sea Turtle or Dolphin as the centre and Starfish, Sand Dollars and Sea Shells along the bottom. The Auger Sea Shell and Sea Shell pack suit a shell-collector series of coasters and pendants. Flip Flops and the Palm Tree carry summer signs, welcome plaques and vacation ornaments, and the Pineapple stands in for hospitality on a tray or coaster set. The Frog and Lizard cross over into garden and porch pieces. For land animals to sit alongside these see COE96 Animal & Wildlife Shapes, for foliage see COE96 Flowers & Botanicals, and for bases and blanks see COE96 Circles & Essential Shapes. Everything sits under COE96 Glass Precut Shapes.