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Instrumental in the formation of the North American Sea Glass Association, Richard LaMotte has become well known to those in the sea glass community for his well received book Pure Sea Glass 2004.
Richard grew up in southeastern Virginia and has made frequent trips to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for over four decades. He currently resides on Maryland's Eastern Shore where his wife, Nancy, started a sea-glass jewelry business using shards from the nearby Chesapeake Bay. While researching glass history for a lecture in 2002, he began to pursue answers to questions posed by his wife's customers. This led to more extensive research into glass colors, as well as the physics and chemistry behind the glass forms found in a shoreline environment.
Since 1984, Richard has worked for a water analysis company with products that rely heavily on detailed color matching and has written two consumer handbooks on water testing. Richard currently serves as the vice-president of NASGA.
Pure Sea Glass won an International Award for non-fiction. In their March 2006 issue, Writers Digest has announced Pure Sea Glass as a first place winner in their 13th Annual International Self-Publishing Book Competition.
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