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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Craftswoman’s pride at making glass sculpture fit for future king

A woman who creates jewellery and sculptures from broken glass washed up on beaches in Co Antrim has told of her excitement after one of her pieces was presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Colleen Douglas, a 54-year-old mother-of-two from Carrickfergus, regularly scans the beaches around the town’s historic Norman castle, Scotch Quarter and Boneybefore for glass fragments.

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